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Latest News
- Latest News
- FDA Approves Sealant to Prevent Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks After Brain Surgery (04/07/2005, Food and Drug Administration)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Brain Basics: Know Your Brain (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Computed Tomography (CT): Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Diagnosis of Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders: Diagnostic Procedures (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG) (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Electrophysiology (We Move)
- Functional MR Imaging (fMRI): Brain (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery: Neurosurgery without a Scalpel (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Neurosurgery - What is it?
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Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Cerebral Atrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Corticobasal Degeneration (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Encephalopathy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Kuru (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Meningioma (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Neuronal Migration Disorders (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Chronic Wasting Disease: A Threat to Humans? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Newsletters/Print Publications
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- BrainWork (Dana Foundation) - Links to PDF
Research
- Research
- Gene Silencing Prevents Brain Disease in Mice (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Image Study Shows Brain Maturing (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Serotonin Receptor Lets JC Virus Enter Brain Cells (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Synthetic Prion Causes Neurological Disease in Mice (National Institute on Aging)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy of the Brain (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
- Atlas of the Body: The Brain -- Lobes (American Medical Association)
- Atlas of the Body: The Brain -- Side View (American Medical Association)
- Brain and Nervous System (Nemours Foundation)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Brain and Nervous System Definitions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Directories
- Directories
- Find a Board-Certified Neurosurgeon (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
- Find a Neurologist (American Academy of Neurology)
Children
- Children
- Childhood Tumors (International Radiosurgery Support Association)
- Periventricular Leukomalacia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)