Oct 2, 2014 | 2014, News Releases
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 2, 2014) — The signs of dementia are the same in any language. And symptoms of traumatic brain injury are similar regardless of socioeconomic status or place of birth. But the tools neuropsychologists use to assess and measure cognitive ability are...
Sep 30, 2014 | 2014, News Releases
LOS ANGELES (Sep. 30, 2014) — The ALS Program at Cedars-Sinai has become the first in Southern California to be named an ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence – a distinction that recognizes the quality of its treatment and research programs for...
Jul 24, 2014 | 2014, News Releases
LOS ANGELES (Jul. 24, 2014) — Like other major research centers studying genetic causes of uncommon and poorly understood nervous system disorders, Cedars-Sinai maintains a growing collection of DNA and tissue samples donated by patients. What sets Cedars-Sinai’s...
Jul 17, 2014 | 2014, News Releases
LOS ANGELES (Jul. 17, 2014) — Cedars-Sinai has been named a center of excellence by two major advocacy groups for patients with neuromuscular disorders: Guillain-Barré Syndrome/Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Foundation International and the...
Jul 13, 2014 | 2014, News Releases
LOS ANGELES (Ju3. 13, 2014) — A noninvasive optical imaging device developed at Cedars-Sinai can provide early detection of changes that later occur in the brain and are a classic sign of Alzheimer’s disease, according to preliminary results from investigators...
Jun 30, 2014 | 2014, News Releases
LOS ANGELES (Jun. 30, 2014) — When evaluating another person’s emotions – happy, sad, angry, afraid – humans take cues from facial expressions. Neurons in a part of the brain called the amygdala “fire” in response to the visual stimulation as information is processed...
