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Neuroplasticity Across Disabilities: The Science of Brain Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and Stroke
...across all of them. Can a brain damaged by oxygen deprivation...rewire the same way a brain does after a stroke at...create a different kind of plasticity? The short answer: the...Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize...or underdeveloped, the brain can recruit neighboring...Cortical remapping. When a brain region is damaged, nearby...
Medical > Neurology
Brain Plasticity and Therapy: How Intervention Actually Rewires Your Child's Brain
...happening inside your child's brain during those sessions?...Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize...is experience-dependent brain change. Neurons that fire...transmission by up to 100 times. Brain regions that handle practiced...During adolescence, the brain prunes synapses that haven't...biological fact governing brain development. The Ten Principles...
Medical > Pediatrics
How Pediatricians Are Revolutionizing Early Intervention Services
...a child's life. These services, propelled by a better understanding of brain plasticity and the critical role of early experiences in development, have...child's life. These services, propelled by a better understanding of brain plasticity and the critical role of early experiences in development, have been undergoing...
Research > Brain Science
Brain Plasticity Brings New Hope to Children on the Autism Spectrum
...conditions is that the brains of these children can...better and stronger brains that are capable of...remarkable ways. The brain is an information system....actions. The job of the brain is to put order in...useful information. The brains of children suffering...information for the brain is through the perception...their body, that their brain "gets" that this difference...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
Managing MS Fatigue in Children: What Parents and Schools Need to Know
...isn't solved by sleep. It's neurologically driven, caused by the immune system attacking myelin in the central nervous system. That damage disrupts the brain's ability to regulate energy and process information efficiently. The result is exhaustion that can hit without warning and doesn't correlate with how...
Special Needs > Learning Differences
IEP or 504: Which Plan Does Your Child with a Learning Difference Need?
...that looks different from what the rest of the class receives: not just more time or a quieter room, but teaching designed specifically for how their brain works. IDEA covers 13 disability categories, including specific learning disabilities like dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia. But your child doesn't...
Research > Drug Development
Fragile X Drug Trials: The First Real Breakthroughs and What They Mean for Families
...Earlier Trials Failed. The mGluR5 hypothesis made sense on paper. Fragile X syndrome results from a missing protein (FMRP), and without that protein, a brain receptor called mGluR5 becomes overactive. Block the receptor, restore balance. It worked beautifully in mouse models. Three major pharmaceutical companies...
Research > Brain Science
Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
...the assumption that a brain working harder to recruit...cerebral palsy who had higher brain connectivity had worse...functional MRI to map brain connectivity in children...active pathways across more brain regions, scored lower on...connectivity did better. What the brain was doing, it turned out,...cortex to the muscles, the brain recruits other regions...
Research > Assistive Tech
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
If you've searched for brain-computer interfaces for...might qualify for. What Brain-Computer Interfaces Are....brain-Computer Interfaces Are. A brain-computer interface measures...brain-computer interface measures brain activity and translates...that rest on or near the brain without penetrating tissue...picks up the associated brain signal, decodes it, and...
Therapies > Other
Deep Pressure Therapy and Weighted Blankets: What Parents of Children with Special Needs Should Know
...How Deep Pressure Works in the Nervous System. Deep pressure activates mechanoreceptors in the skin and muscles. These receptors send signals to the brain that trigger the release of serotonin and dopamine while reducing cortisol. The result is a calming effect that can last 20 to 30 minutes after the...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
...Seizures. The ketogenic diet shifts your child's brain from running primarily on glucose to running on...the liver converts fat into ketone bodies. The brain uses these ketones for energy instead of glucose....neurotransmitter function, and reduce oxidative stress in brain tissue. The exact mechanisms aren't fully understood,...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
Living with Pediatric MS: A Complete Guide for Families
...Pediatric MS. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks myelin, the protective coating around nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. When myelin is damaged, nerve signals slow or stop. In children, MS typically follows a relapsing-remitting pattern: periods of new...