NeuroNow Fall 2010
A WATERSHED TIME FOR PEDIATRIC HYDROCEPHALUS
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George Jallo and Edward Ahn say advances in treating pediatric hydrocephalus could lead to avoiding traditional shunts altogether.
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George Jallo and Edward Ahn say advances in treating pediatric hydrocephalus could lead to avoiding traditional shunts altogether.
Articles in this Issue
Cover Story
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Neurosurgeons have a growing number of options to treat children with hydrocephalus, including antibiotic-impregnated or programmable shunts, or even avoiding shunts completely.
From the Directors
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We still a long way to go in learning how to fight incurable diseases of the nervous system, but we have already come an amazingly long way.
Movement Disorders
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Ray Dorsey, the new director of the Johns Hopkins Movement Disorders Center, is making telemedicine a reality for Parkinson disease patients.
Brain Tumor Research
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Johns Hopkins' basic and clinical researchers are working together to develop novel ways to treat the deadly brain cancer known as glioblastoma.
Neuroscience and Art
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A Johns Hopkins medical illustrator and neurosurgeon recently discovered that a fresco in the Sistine Chapel appears to have hidden images of a brainstem and spinal cord.
Friends of Research
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A couple whose daughter has benefited from an experimental treatment for her neurofibromatosis type 2 has given a gift that will help fund a clinical trial of this treatment.
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