Why is brainstem called reptilian brain? The brainstem isthe oldest part of the brain as it's the first to develop. That's why we call it the “reptilian brain”. Well, this oldie is responsible for all the vital respiratory and cardiac functions. It also acts as the information vehicle ...
I set out on the half term holiday with the family, blissfully unaware of the traumatic events that were to follow. We had borrowed a friend's weekend cottage and I went to bed early. My only medical condition was a persistent headache, but I had had headaches before as I occasionally ...
We compared gestation age with age of death for all disease groups. We found only four causes of death where preterms die later than full term newborns (with the following conditions: linear regression with slope less than 0 and p-value less than 0.05): SIDS, Necrotizing enterocolitis in ne...
Conventionally, sensory systems are viewed as separate entities, each with its own physiological process serving a different purpose. However, many functions require integrative inputs from multiple sensory systems and sensory intersection and convergence occur throughout the central nervous system. The neu...
Gamma Knife has proven itself to be as safe and effective treatment for people who suffer from trigeminal neuralgia. It is very popular as patients won’t have to worry about the potential facial paralysis and the long-term recovery experienced with conventional surgery. ...
Preparations stained Amphotericin B with antibodies and conjugated to enzymes such as peroxidase are long term and can be observed with regular light microscopes, enabling the simultaneous observation of antigen localisation and cells morphology. The use of unlabelled antibodies (peroxidase-antiperoxidase ...