Exercise trains the brain after stroke

Exercise training can slow or stop brain atrophy after a stroke, according to preliminary data presented at the Stroke Society of Australasia 2019 ASM in Canberra last week. The Post Ischaemic Stroke Cardiovascular Exercise Study (PISCES) study will follow 100 ischaemic...

Exercise training can slow or stop brain atrophy after a stroke, according to preliminary data presented at the Stroke Society...

Movement disorders

Risky behaviour link with PD: genetic or environmental factors?

A genetic tendency-to-smoke trait is possibly causally related to Parkinson disease (PD), with individuals who started smoking being protected against PD. According to a study published in Neurology, other risky behaviour phenotypes might also be inversely associated with the development...

A genetic tendency-to-smoke trait is possibly causally related to Parkinson disease (PD), with individuals who started smoking being protected against...

Brain

Cerebral perfusion studies hit by radioisotope shortage

Alternative diagnostic PET scans are being substituted for nuclear medicine cerebral perfusion studies due to a critical national shortage of radioisotopes, the government has announced. A complete halt in production of Mo-99 at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisations’ (ANSTO)...

Alternative diagnostic PET scans are being substituted for nuclear medicine cerebral perfusion studies due to a critical national shortage of...

Stroke

Maze test predicts fitness to drive after stroke

A quick and easy pen and pencil test, the Occupational Therapy-Drive Home Maze Test (OT-DHMT), is showing its usefulness for predicting fitness to drive after stroke. Speaking to the limbic after her presentation at the Stroke Society of Australasia 2019 Conference,...

A quick and easy pen and pencil test, the Occupational Therapy-Drive Home Maze Test (OT-DHMT), is showing its usefulness for...