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Brain injury

Analysis and Comment (4)

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Intellectually disabled children who undergo the "Ashley procedure" are stunted to prevent the onset of puberty flickr/visions by vicky

Ashley’s treatment: the arrested development of a disabled child

By Karen Soldatic, Curtin University and Jo Milner, University of Salford

A growing number of parents are seeking the “Ashley Treatment,” a highly experimental medical intervention designed to arrest the physical and sexual development of severely disabled children. This invasive…
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The brain repairs itself only minimally following damage or disease. x-ray delta one

Set to fade: is the brain doomed to degenerate?

By Malcolm Horne, University of Melbourne and Bradley Turner, University of Melbourne

Welcome to the sixth and final part of On the Brain, a Conversation series by people whose job it is to know as much as there is to know about the body’s most complex organ. Here, Professor Malcolm Horne…
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Your brain knows the moves (you just get in its way)

By Malcolm Horne, University of Melbourne

Welcome to part two of On the brain, a Conversation series by people whose job it is to know as much as there is to know about the body’s most complex organ. Here, Malcolm Horne, deputy director of the…

Research Briefs (3)

No single seat of memory

Cortex

In a case study published in the September 2011 issue Cortex, clinical neuropsychologists have reported that a child can…