Improving Post-op Outcomes of Infants with Delayed Rewarming
Winter 2016 | CNS Connections magazine
To a greater extent than any of us would prefer, medicine is often practiced by habit. We do things the way they’ve always been done – because it’s the way...
Brain Imaging: The Heart of the Matter for Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease
Fall 2015 | CNS Connections magazine
Child neurologists know that surgery on newborns with complex congenital heart disease can be accompanied by strokes or hypoxic brain injuries. Less well appreciated is the fact that half of...
Uncovering the Mysteries of Brain Malformations and Epilepsy through the use of Resected Human Tissue
Winter 2015 | CNS Connections magazine
Laura Jansen, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist and a perfect example of how an individual with training as both a physician and neuroscientist can utilize that dual expertise to advance...
Illuminating the Pathway through Signaling Pathways
August/September 2014 | CNS Connections magazine
Many of the most challenging diseases confronting child neurologists are genetic disorders that disrupt signaling pathways. These abnormal signaling pathways, when present in neurons and glia, can give rise to...
Identification of the Gene Causing Sturge Weber Syndrome
April/May 2014 | CNS Connections magazine
Every now and then, conditions are ripe for a scientific breakthrough. These “conditions” include not only access to advanced technological tools that can facilitate a new discovery, but also (and,...