In 2003, Medtronic first received a humanitarian green light from the FDA to offer its deep brain stimulation implants to ...

Spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (SDCP) is a form of cerebral palsy that causes muscle stiffness and spasms in a person’s legs and, sometimes, arms. This is due to damage to the motor cortex of the ...

“Infantile spasms are characterised by repetitive but often subtle movements such as jerking of the mid-section, dropping of ...

Gadol, recipient of neurosurgery's highest honor and founder of the globally recognized Neurosurgical Atlas, announces the opening of ATLAS Institute of Brain & Spine in Los Angeles. The new practice ...

Opisthotonos is the term that describes an abnormal posture that happens when the muscles in your neck, back, and legs spasm and contract. These contractions cause your body to bend backward into a ...

A vasospasm is when one of the arteries carrying oxygen-rich blood throughout your body suddenly contracts. (The word "vaso" means vessel, and "spasm" is a sudden, involuntary muscle squeeze.) This ...

To physicians talking among themselves, anything that suddenly goes wrong with the blood vessels in the brain is a “C.V.A.”—cerebral vascular accident. To physicians talking with patients or other ...

Have you been having headaches that won't go away, confusion or changes in your senses? You may wonder if these are signs of a brain tumor.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a lifelong congenital condition that causes palsy, or impaired movements, due to brain damage at a very young age. Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) is a severe type ...