neurology
noun
neu·rol·o·gy
nu̇-ˈrä-lə-jē 
nyu̇-
: a branch of medicine concerned especially with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system
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Women and racial and ethnic minorities are 20% to 30% more likely than white men to experience a misdiagnosis, said Dr. David Newman-Toker, a professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the lead author of the BMJ study.
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Liz Szabo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024
Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, thinks these could instead be concept neurons, which are located in the medial temporal lobe and are each linked to specific concepts.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Check with the psychology, psychiatry, or neurology departments.
—Suzie Glassman, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
Quantitative clinical and autoimmune assessments in stiff person syndrome: evidence for a progressive disorder
Annals of clinical and translational neurology.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
In most cases, however, Dr. Amaal Starling, an associate professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, says that headaches will go away on their own.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
If this rhythm is thrown off, or the sleep-wake cycle changes a lot, the body is not going to have a great idea of when to have high-quality deep sleep, said Goldstein, who is also a professor of neurology at the University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center in Ann Arbor.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
During In-Patient Rehabilitation for a Patient with Stiff-Person Syndrome
BMC neurology.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
There's some evidence that this is possible, Kenneth Tyler, chair of the neurology department at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Ars over email.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024
Liz Szabo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024
Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, thinks these could instead be concept neurons, which are located in the medial temporal lobe and are each linked to specific concepts.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Check with the psychology, psychiatry, or neurology departments.
—Suzie Glassman, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
Quantitative clinical and autoimmune assessments in stiff person syndrome: evidence for a progressive disorder
Annals of clinical and translational neurology.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
In most cases, however, Dr. Amaal Starling, an associate professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, says that headaches will go away on their own.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
If this rhythm is thrown off, or the sleep-wake cycle changes a lot, the body is not going to have a great idea of when to have high-quality deep sleep, said Goldstein, who is also a professor of neurology at the University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center in Ann Arbor.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
During In-Patient Rehabilitation for a Patient with Stiff-Person Syndrome
BMC neurology.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
There's some evidence that this is possible, Kenneth Tyler, chair of the neurology department at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Ars over email.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024
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neurology
noun
neu·rol·o·gy
-jē
: a branch of medicine concerned especially with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system
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