Neurology & Neurosurgery
Research and innovation from neurology and neurosurgery specialists at Vanderbilt Health
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Can Brain Stimulation Reduce Addiction Among Intractable Smokers?
TMS offers hope for patients with schizophrenia who want to quit smoking.
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Sleeping Styles for Babies Vary, Despite Parent Knowledge
Parents surveyed know AAP recommendations, but many still don’t comply.
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Study Suggests Shorter Antibiotic Course for Medically Complex Children
In a group of hospitalized children, readmissions for UTI were fewer among those given short-course IV antibiotics.
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Ultrasound Breakthrough Treats Pain Noninvasively
Grant empowers researchers to test their fMRI-guided ultrasound system on essential tremor and post-stroke pain.
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AI Accelerates Quest for Drug Repurposing
Pilot study tests ability of generative AI to prioritize drugs for potential repurposing in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Research Collaboration Drives Skull-Base Tumor Advances
Subspecialties unite to research complex cases; EHR lends a hand.
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Which Antibiotics to Choose for Hospital Infection?
Cefepime raised neurotoxicity risk; piperacillin-tazobactam did not raise risk to kidneys as previously thought.
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Neuropathies Examined in Hereditary Amyloid Disease
Research is exploring incidence of peripheral system involvement to facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment.
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Neurostimulation Sparks Hope for Parkinson’s Modification
Study finds deep brain stimulation may slow or even reverse motor symptoms in some patients.
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Tool Analyzes Risks for Meningioma Surgery
Web application guides decision-making and strategies for mitigating presurgical morbidities affecting outcomes.