How our brains transfer and store long-term memories largely remains a mystery in neuroscience. With memory disorders on the rise globally, understanding these complex neurological processes is more important than ever.
A national strategy for brain health will strengthen prevention, improve access to care, build workforce capability, promote research and reduce inequities
There’s a lot of mis- and disinformation about postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) online. Experts say a new name would clear up some of the confusion.
People living with acquired brain injury are being let down by a lack of data, siloed specialities and closed feedback loops.
Mortality from motor neurone disease has tripled in Australia since the 1980s with strong regional variation, but we need systematic data collection to identify environmental causal factors.
New evidence from the Falls After Stroke Trial shows that falls after stroke can be reduced with a tailored, home-based intervention.
Research has found that variability in stuttering is addressed and treated differently by speech language pathologists and generalists, and that more real-life experience for trainees can help reduce the gap.
Sarah* is 34, works in administration, and has spent two years without a diagnosis. Her symptoms began with cognitive episodes — words vanishing from her screen mid-sentence and memory lapses — followed by functional seizures and right-sided weakness requiring emergency department care. CT scans and an MRI were unremarkable. She was variously labelled with migraine and anxiety and referred back to her GP. Patients like Sarah are common, yet our health system offers no clear pathway for their care.
Researchers are uncovering important patterns in post-stroke cognitive impairment which suggest that factors outside stroke location contribute to the specific combination of deficits expressed in individuals.
