Officials say public defenders system on verge of collapse Nov 7, 2009
The baby was taken to the hospital in March of 2007 and hospital staff told police the child had suffered from occipital hematoma, left occipital skull fracture, seizures, respiratory problems and bilateral retinal hemorrhaging, which was consistent with shaking a baby. If convicted, Roloff could be sentenced from 10 to 30 years or life in prison on the first-degree assault charge and up to seven years in prison on the child abuse charge. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Headaches and heartaches: Wife's persistence leads to relief Nov 2, 2009
While ANS is conducting a 120-patient study, the company is looking at treating chronic migraines by stimulating the occipital nerve, in the rear of the head ... Boston Scientific has also completed a more limited study of occipital nerve stimulation for cluster headaches, but it's unclear what the company's plans are. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Surgery potentially best option for severe migraine headaches Oct 25, 2009
For those patients who suffer from occipital (back of the head) migraine headaches, a small piece of muscle encasing the nerve is removed and replace with a soft tissue flap. When the headaches are located behind eyes and are triggered by weather change, he works on the nose septum and surrounding structures. (EurekAlert!)
Epilepsy: The Cause and Effect Sep 14, 2009
Occipital lobe epilepsy. Parietal lobe epilepsy. (Suite101.com)
A soldier's mission, motivation Jul 13, 2009
Out on the highway, with the hot shrapnel still searing into the part of his skull covering his occipital lobe, just inches above his cerebellum and spinal cord, he tried to make sense of the slow-motion madness and went to check on his men. That's his job. (Albany Times Union)
New Therapy Based On Magnetic Stimulation Shows Promise For Non-drug Treatment For Migraine May 5, 2009
29, 2006) Researchers at Rush University Medical Center are testing a new treatment for migraine headaches: occipital nerve stimulation, a surgical procedure in which an implanted neurostimulator delivers. (Apr. (Science Daily)
Hollow Mask Illusion Fails To Fool Schizophrenia Patients Apr 18, 2009
The results of the brain imaging analysis suggested that in the healthy volunteers, connectivity between two parts of the brain, the parietal cortex involved in top-down control, particularly spatial attention, and the lateral occipital cortex involved in bottom-up processing of visual information, increased when the hollow faces were presented. In the patients with schizophrenia, this connectivity change did not occur. (Science Daily)
When It Comes To Intelligence, Size Matters Mar 26, 2009
A positive link between cortical thickness and cognitive ability was detected in many areas of the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes. The regions with the greatest relationship were the 'multi-modal association' areas, where information converges from various regions of the brain for processing. (Science Daily)
A tell-tale pattern of brain waves occurs just before we make a mistake Mar 25, 2009
In the back of the head (the occipital region), alpha wave activity was about 25% stronger, and in the middle region, the sensorimotor cortex, there was a corresponding increase in the brain's mu wave activity. Running on idle. (BBC News -- Health)
Brain Wave Patterns Can Predict Blunders Mar 24, 2009
In the back of the head (the occipital region), alpha wave activity was about 25 percent stronger, and in the middle region, the sensorimotor cortex, there was a corresponding increase in the brain's mu wave activity. "The alpha and mu rhythms are what happen when the brain runs on idle," Mazaheri explained. (Science Daily)
'Intense pain' Mar 1, 2009
" Battery pack Mike, 63, from Hertfordshire, said the only thing that can alleviate the excruciating pain are injectable drugs. But, because he can take no more than two a day, he often has to endure untreated attacks. He was among the first patients to try a technique called occipital nerve stimulation in which a nerve in the brain is connected to a battery pack in the body that can send electrical impulses to quell the pain. CLUSTER HEADACHES Cluster headaches come in clusters several times a... (BBC News -- UK)
The Biology of Belief Feb 20, 2009
For the record, it's at the top of your head aft of the frontal lobe, fore of the occipital lobe, north of the temporal lobe. What makes the parietal lobe special is not where it lives but what it does particularly concerning matters of faith. (Time.com)
