Imagine your brain is a complex highway system, with different regions connected by roads. In Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, the effectiveness of levodopa, a common treatment, can vary. To identify which patients will benefit most from deep brain stimulation (DBS), researchers turned to brain imaging. They reconstructed each patient’s brain network using magnetic resonance imaging […]
Like a painter with an increasingly limited palette, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can dim the world of color for those affected. In this study, researchers examined the impact of AMD on two aspects of visual function: color vision and the pupil light reflex (PLR). By comparing patients in different stages of AMD to a control […]
Imagine your brain is a beautiful garden, and surgery is a pesky weed that threatens to disrupt its tranquility. Well, fear not! A team of scientists has discovered that perioperative probiotics, like a magical garden fertilizer, can help prevent postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty. In a randomized, double-blind, […]
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