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PIONEER Consortium to spotlight neuro advances April 30
Join neurosurgery and neuro-oncology experts from across the country for the inaugural PIONEER Consortium Meeting, hosted by UTHealth Houston Neurosciences, April 30 at Hotel ZaZa Museum District.
Registration for the meeting is open. For a full agenda and list of speakers, visit the PIONEER Consortium Meeting website.
Understanding language requires communication between multiple brain regions, UTHealth Houston researchers discover
Multiple regions of the brain engage in fast-moving conversations to understand language, UTHealth Houston researchers have discovered, dispelling a prior school of thought that only one region of the brain was responsible for language processing.
The research, led by Nitin Tandon, MD, professor of neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and director of the Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies at UTHealth Houston, was published in PLOS Biology.
At the Bedside: Woman’s stroke recovery highlights importance of early intervention
Susana, 74 and living in San Diego, was training for a triathlon while visiting her son in Houston. It was one of several triathlons she had trained for since turning 62, when she decided to compete in the multisport event.
On Sept. 25, 2024, Susana was getting ready to run a 5K as part of her training regimen when she asked her daughter-in-law if she could borrow some running equipment.
“She noticed that my mouth was going to one side, and she said, ‘Are you having a stroke? Are you feeling good?’ And I said, ‘I’m perfectly well.’”
The next thing Susana remembers is her son and daughter-in-law carrying her to the car and rushing her to the emergency room, where she was met by Luis Torres, MD, assistant professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.
A second chance for a 6-Year-Old with a brainstem cavernoma
Witten Shane Daniel of Lubbock, Texas, fell seriously ill with the flu in April. When his eyes started twitching and he felt dizzy, his mother, Casey Daniel, thought a prolonged fever might be the cause. But when Witten’s symptoms worsened instead of improving, she and her son embarked on a months-long journey that would lead them to the other side of the state.