One More Problem with Childhood Obesity: Increased Risk of Bell Palsy
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Association of overweight and obesity with Bell palsy in children. V. Breitling, A. Leha, S Schiller, et al. Pediatric Neurology 2023;139:43-48. What the researchers did: Childhood obesity is a substantial…
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Look Before You Leap: Test for Mimics of Small Vessel Primary Angiitis of the CNS Before Jumping to Brain Biopsy
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Mimics of pediatric small vessel primary angiitis of the central nervous system. CM Stredny, MM Blessing, V Yi, et al. Annals of Neurology 2023;93:109-119. What the researchers did: Primary angiitis…
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Levetiracetam and Phenobarbital are Equal (and weak) in Efficacy for Neonatal Seizures
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Levetiracetam versus phenobarbital for neonatal seizures: A retrospective cohort study. L. Battig, C. Dunner, D Cserpan et al. Pediatric Neurology 2023;138:62-70. What the researchers did: As all pediatric neurologists know,…
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Unraveling the Complex Interplay Among Epilepsy, Cognitive Impairment, and Sleep Disruption
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Throughout most of medical history, epilepsy has been considered principally a problem of seizures. However, in recent years, the fact has become clear that epilepsy is more than just a…
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The Importance of Intracellular Chloride Concentration and Neuronal Volume in Neonatal Seizures.
Spring/Summer 2019 | CNS Connections magazine
Neonatal seizures are a pernicious problem confronting child neurologists. While they are common and cause substantial morbidity, their pathophysiology is poorly understood. Most of the treatments for neonatal seizures consist…
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Focus on Young Researchers: Development of a Simple Blood Test for Mitochondrial Disorders
Spring/Summer 2018 | CNS Connections magazine
As all child neurologists know, “mitochondrial disorder” is frequently on the differential diagnosis for many children with neurological disease. However, determining whether a patient actually has a mitochondrial disorder is…
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Thinking Outside the Lesion: Lesion Network Mapping
Winter 2018 | CNS Connections magazine
Important advances in neurology often begin with an intellectually curious physician observing an interesting patient. Such was the case that led Dr. Aaron Boes to the discovery of lesion network…
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TIA and Stroke in Children
Winter 2017 | CNS Connections magazine
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) and stroke afflict millions of adults each year. In response, neurologists have conducted many clinical and basic science studies addressing the subject of cerebrovascular disease in…
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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…
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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…
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