Vaccine for Brain Tumor Promising in Study
A vaccine for treating a recurrent brain cancer, called glioma, has shown promising preliminary results in a clinical trial at UCSF Medical Center.

Parkinson's Patients Get Depression Relief
UCSF doctors found that nearly half of Parkinson's patients suffer depression and that many mistakenly assume they have to live with it.

Editorial — Expanding Multidisciplinary Pediatric Neurology

The field of pediatric neuroscience — and child neurology in particular — continues to expand dramatically with new discoveries and challenges.

MRI Provides Insights into Fetal Brain

Technological advancements make it possible to produce detailed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a fetus in the womb, making MRI an increasingly important clinical tool for diagnosing fetal abnormalities and understanding normal fetal development.

UCSF Establishes Pediatric Brain Tumor Institute

UCSF Children's Hospital and the Department of Neurological Surgery have established a Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Institute, deepening a commitment to increase the understanding of brain tumors in young patients.

UCSF Starts Pediatric Stroke Center

To provide better stroke care for children, UCSF physicians are establishing a clinical pediatric stroke program, one of
the few in the nation.

Putting Together the Puzzle of Epilepsy

Video and EEG monitoring of epilepsy patients at UCSF Children's Hospital is typically performed over a three- to five-day period with the involvement of pediatric specialist physicians, pediatric nurses and family life specialists.

Facial Birthmarks Signal Deeper Problems in Brain

Since UCSF physicians first described the syndrome characterized by large facial hemangiomas, the presence of these hemangiomas has become a prompt for further investigation. Doctors now are working to better define the
risk of further malformations when hemangiomas are present.

MRI Opens Window on Brain Malformations

Increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to view fetal and neonatal brains — along with molecular genetic techniques — is creating a new understanding of congenital brain malformations and normal brain development.

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