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The Neurologic Disorders in Film
Published in Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, Neurocinema—The Sequel, 2022
A thunderclap headache is depicted in Hannah Arendt (2012). Her husband Heinrich Blucher (Axel Milberg) collapses after a severe orbital headache. It is suggested that he has “a brain aneurysm.” She tells him, “I spoke to the doctor. He said you only have a fifty-percent chance,” to which he answers, “Don’t forget the other fifty percent.” He is seen in a few scenes later without any deficits, calling it “a slight collapse.”
Unintentional and Deliberate Methods of Attaining Mystical States
Published in Andrew C. Papanicolaou, A Scientific Assessment of the Validity of Mystical Experiences, 2021
The patient was operated for a large and inaccessible brain aneurysm. The operation required a procedure called hypothermic cardiac arrest that involves cooling the patient's blood and draining it before repairing the aneurysm and then returning the blood to the patient's circulatory system and restarting her heart that was stopped with an injection of potassium chloride.
ILF Neurofeedback and Alpha-Theta Training in a Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Program
Published in Hanno W. Kirk, Restoring the Brain, 2020
Evvy J. Shapero, Joshua P. Prager
During another powerful Alpha-Theta session I had an opportunity to visit with a friend who was a second mom to me and had died suddenly at a young age of a brain aneurysm. Through guided imagery I was encouraged to visualize a forest where a white glowing light floated above me and led me near a waterfall, where my friend was waiting to offer me advice. At the time I was going through a divorce, re-entering into the workforce, and raising three children. The advice my friend gave me led me to be at peace with the entire situation. She urged me to let go of some of the daily things in life that ‘had’ to be done, to break the rules every now and again and allow the kids to eat ice cream before bed on a school night, to not take everything so seriously. This session was the turning point for my happiness because now in life, with my kids and my job, I truly enjoy every moment and break the rules more often than not.
Towards precision nanomedicine for cerebrovascular diseases with emphasis on Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM)
Published in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2021
Andrea Perrelli, Parisa Fatehbasharzad, Valerio Benedetti, Chiara Ferraris, Marco Fontanella, Elisa De Luca, Mauro Moglianetti, Luigi Battaglia, Saverio Francesco Retta
A brain aneurysm (also called intracranial or cerebral aneurysm) is a saccular or fusiform bulging of a cerebral artery, which results in a localized weakening of the blood vessel wall and may eventually burst causing life-threatening SAH. Prior to rupture, an aneurysm is usually clinically silent, unless it compresses a nerve or leaks small amounts of blood [18]. Indeed, despite affecting 3–5% of the adult population, most brain aneurysms do not rupture or cause symptoms, and often are incidentally discovered during imaging diagnostic tests performed for other clinical conditions [19]. Their etiology is unknown, but various risk factors have been identified [20]. In particular, it has been demonstrated that oxidative stress and inflammation play a major pathogenetic role in both their formation and their rupture [21,22]. Moreover, epidemiological studies have demonstrated a familiar occurrence, as well as an association with several heritable conditions, suggesting the potential contribution of genetic determinants [19,23]. Neurosurgical clipping and endovascular coiling are the current standard treatments for ruptured intracranial aneurysms, with no statistically significant differences in long-term clinical outcomes between the two treatments [24,25].
Cognitive, physical, and psychological benefits of yoga for acquired brain injuries: A systematic review of recent findings
Published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2020
Kristen Silveira, Colette M. Smart
In a controlled pilot study, Donnelly et al. (2017) explored the impact of yoga on quality of life for ABI survivors. The majority of participants were survivors of traumatic brain injury, and four participants had suffered stroke, brain aneurysm, brain tumour, brain surgery, or hypoxia, respectively. The yoga curriculum was designed for individuals with brain injury by a yoga instructor affiliated with the LoveYourBrain Foundation. Yoga classes were centred on themes such as acceptance, positive thinking, and resilience, and incorporated asana, breathing, and meditation exercises. Asana sequences were simple, slow, and repeated, with modifications using chairs and blocks to accommodate neck pain, balance challenges, and limited strength. Donnelly et al. (2017) used an adapted version of the Quality-of-Life After Brain Injury instrument (QOLIBRI) to evaluate disease-specific outcome across domains of cognition, self, daily life and autonomy, emotions, feelings, and physical problems. No significant pre- or post-intervention differences emerged between the yoga group and the control (no intervention) group on total and sub-scale QOLIBRI scores. Mean comparisons within groups from pre to post intervention revealed significant improvements in the total and emotions and feeling subscales in the yoga group but not for the control group. Yoga participants were reported to feel more satisfied with their energy level, motivation, self-esteem, self-perception, appearance, and achievements after the intervention, and less bothered by negative emotions such as feeling lonely, bored, anxious, sad, depressed, angry, or aggressive.
Technical note: the use of frameless stereotactic guidance in the treatment of peripheral intracranial aneurysms
Published in British Journal of Neurosurgery, 2023
Leslie A. Nussbaum, Kevin M. Kallmes, Eric S. Nussbaum
We retrospectively reviewed the records of all patients with peripheral intracranial aneurysms seen at the National Brain Aneurysm Center between 2003 and 2016. We selected all cases in which the aneurysm was treated surgically with frameless stereotactic guidance (FSG), excluding patients who were treated surgically without FSG or endovascularly.