"Accurate predictions will allow algorithms to be developed to change [deep brain stimulation] patterns in response to periods of gait freezing, shortening or even eliminating freezing episodes ...

Singer Billy Joel has been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, leading to concert cancellations. Discover how this ...

What causes brain freeze, this miserable spoiler of frozen desserts? The answer is simple: survival instinct. When humans eat ...

The reason is that freezing of gait has a similar physiopathology to ... with one symptom and patients with the other have a brain injury in the pedunculopontine nucleus, a group of neurons ...

The word gait refers to the movement you use to walk or run. Walking is a complex series of movements that requires your brain, bones, and muscles to work together, with help from your heart and ...

An uneven stride might be more than just a quirk – it could be an early indicator of something requiring medical attention. The way you walk tells a story about your neurological well-being long ...

Scientifically known as sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, brain freeze is caused by a rapid change in blood flow to the ...

Nothing ruins the first soft-serve of summer like a lightning bolt of pain shot through your frontal lobe: brain freeze! You probably fought the headaches more as an over-excited, slushy scarfing ...

Hemiplegic gait is a type of walking problem caused by weakness or paralysis on one side of the body. This condition often happens after a stroke or brain injury. People with hemiplegic gait may ...

Nicholas R. Metrus, MD, is a neurologist and neuro-oncologist with Atlantic Health System. He has completed research on complications of cancer and primary brain tumors like hypermutator gliomas ...