All Posts: brain
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A New Understanding of How the Brain Processes and Stores Words We Hear
Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists say the brain’s auditory lexicon, a catalog of verbal language, is actually located in the front of the primary auditory…
July 5, 2023
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Understanding How to Best Transform Speech into Tactile Vibrations Could Benefit Hearing-Impaired People
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center, in collaboration with George Washington University, leveraged their understanding of auditory speech processing in the brain…
May 17, 2023
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Looking for a Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Disease
After nearly two decades of clinical trials failing to deliver new treatments, Alzheimer’s disease researchers and clinicians, as well as patients and their families, have…
April 6, 2023
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Huntington’s Disease Care, Education and Research Center at Georgetown Designated as a Center of Excellence
The Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) has renewed its designation of Georgetown’s Huntington’s Disease Care, Education and Research Center as an HDSA Center of…
March 10, 2023
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After Stroke in an Infant’s Brain, Right Side of Brain Compensates for Loss of Language in Left Side
As Children with Left-hemisphere Strokes Grow Up, Ability to Understand Language Shifts to Right side. WASHINGTON (October 10, 2022) — A clinical study conducted by researchers…
October 10, 2022
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Biomarkers Found That Could Be Drug Targets Against a Deadly Form of Brain Cancer
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June 22, 2022
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Vascular Defects Appear to Underlie the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease
WASHINGTON (Friday, November 12, 2021) — In an unexpected discovery, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have identified what appears to be a significant vascular…
November 12, 2021
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Insights Into How a Stroke Affects Reading Could Help With Rehabilitation
WASHINGTON (August 29, 2021) — Georgetown University researchers, looking at the ability of people to sound out words after a stroke, found that knowing which region of the brain…
August 29, 2021
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Key Mental Abilities Can Actually Improve During Aging
WASHINGTON (August 19, 2021) — It’s long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. Now, new research from Georgetown University Medical…
August 19, 2021
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New Finding Suggests Cognitive Problems Caused by Repeat Mild Head Hits Could Be Treated
WASHINGTON (May 10, 2021) — A neurologic pathway by which non-damaging but high frequency brain impact blunts normal brain function and causes long-term problems with learning…
May 10, 2021