by Ket Patel | Jul 27, 2017 | All Articles For Neurology, Neurosurgery
Intro: Cerebral cavernous malformations are benign lesions composed of abnormally stretched-out, thin-walled blood vessels clustered together and filled with blood. This paper reports a case of cerebral cavernous malformation located in the left subcortical nuclei...
by Ket Patel | Jan 12, 2017 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
The causes of dystonia are not fully understood and although currently available treatments can provide effective symptomatic relief, they cannot provide curative disease modification. Botulinum neurotoxin type A injections are well established for the symptomatic...
by Ket Patel | Jan 12, 2017 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, are the leading cause of death in the European Union (EU), responsible for more than 4 million deaths in 2013 and accounting for 45% of all deaths. Coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke account for the majority CVD-related...
by Ket Patel | Jan 12, 2017 | All Articles For Neurology, Epilepsy
Infantile Spasms is a rare disorder consisting of epileptic spasms that occur before the age of one year. This severe epilepsy affects about 0.31 in 1000 births with an average age at onset of 6 months. Treatment usually consists of hormonal therapies...
by Ket Patel | Jan 12, 2017 | All Videos For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
The Nucleus Accumbens is one of the basal ganglia and has been implicated of the pathophysiology of disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. It’s involvement in these disorders is fundamentally due to its role in the cortico-gangliathalamic loop. The Nucleus...
