Charcot disease and its consequences
Charcot disease (actually: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) is categorised as an inherited motor-sensory neuropathy. What are the symptoms of the disease? Is a complete cure possible?
The murderer's brain: is there anything that distinguishes it from the brain of the average person?
Many scientists have been interested in how the murderer's brain functions - various studies have looked, for example, at whether the nervous system of a person who has killed someone shows any...
Cannabinoids ('medical cannabis') in the treatment of diseases - current status and outlook, part 3
Medical cannabis is a substance that has both supporters and opponents. Its effects on the human body have been known for many centuries and it undoubtedly has an impact on human functioning. Its...
Cannabinoids ('medical cannabis') in the treatment of diseases - current status and outlook, part 2
Medical cannabis is a substance that has both supporters and opponents. Its effects on the human body have been known for many centuries and it undoubtedly has an impact on human functioning. Its...
Cannabinoids ('medical cannabis') in the treatment of diseases - current status and outlook, part 1
Medical cannabis is a substance that has both supporters and opponents. Its effects on the human body have been known for many centuries and it undoubtedly has an impact on human functioning. Its...
What is hypertelorism?
Hypertelorism is a medical condition characterised by an increase in the distance between two paired organs above the average norm. Most cases are described when the distance between the eye sockets...
Electroencephalography (EEG): what is worth knowing about this test?
One of the basic tests used in neurology is electroencephalography (EEG). Individual cells, which belong to the nervous system, communicate with each other by means of electrical impulses and during...
Gluing broken bones together - is it possible?
Doctors from Brno University Hospital and scientists at the CEITEC research centre have developed a special adhesive that could help with bone fractures in the future. So far, they have tested it on...
How does obesity affect the brain?
The fact that obesity negatively affects the functioning of many organs in the human body has not been known for a long time. Recently, specialists from the Dutch Leiden University Medical Center...
Paresthesias - what is it and when should it be of concern?
Paresthesias are feelings of numbness, tingling in the skin of an area of the body. They can be an innocent, completely and spontaneously regressing condition resulting from pressure on a peripheral...
How to take painkillers wisely?
No medicine should be taken without a reason. Reaching for painkillers without a reason and abusing them can lead to addiction and many serious symptoms from the body. So how do you take painkillers...
Intracranial aneurysms - risks and treatment
Intracranial aneurysms are at risk of rupture, which can lead to serious disability or even death due to subarachnoid haemorrhage. They can be detected by imaging methods such as angiography and CT...
Intracranial aneurysms - what are they and how do they manifest?
General characteristics of intracranial aneurysms, their incidence and the symptoms they cause.
Hallervorden-Spatz disease and its consequences
Degenerative diseases of the nervous system are extremely rare disease entities. One of these is the genetically determined Hallervorden-Spatz disease. What are the symptoms of the disease? Who does...
Do we know all types of human nerve cells? Most likely not!
The human brain is considered to be unique - for good reason, but what makes our functioning so different from that of animals is still not really known. It is for this reason that various scientists...
Reimbursement of the world's first therapy for spinal muscular atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy (SA) is a neurodegenerative disorder where the underlying cause of the disease is genetic. This extremely rare disease occurs on average in one person per 5 000 to 7 000...
Olfactory hallucinations (phantosmia): what might their causes be?
Olfactory hallucinations are sometimes referred to as phantosmia. The problem is that the patient perceives smells that in reality... do not exist. While hallucinations are primarily associated with...
Childhood poverty can affect brain health
Researchers from the Czech National Institute of Mental Health (Národního ústavu duševního zdraví - NUDZ) have indicated that poverty has a major impact on human health.The results were published in...
Hepatic encephalopathy - what is it?
Liver damage caused by a variety of factors - both chemical and bacteriological - can cause many disorders in the normal functioning of the whole body. Hepatic encephalopathy is classified as a...
Infrasensory and hypersensory disorders
Sensory disturbances are one of the symptoms produced by diseases of the nervous system. Palsy and hypersensitivity belong to a group of neurological conditions. Do you know what these conditions are...
