A surgical procedure called a corpus callosotomy, which severs the main connection between the two sides of the human brain, was found to reduce the seizure burden of a young girl with Rett syndrome and hard-to-treat seizures, according to a case report. Calling this a “unique case,” the…
Electrically stimulating a specific region of the brain led to improvements in memory in a mouse model of Rett syndrome — and these benefits persisted for several weeks after the brain stimulation was stopped, a new study reports. Repeated brain stimulation could promote even longer-term memory improvements, according to…
Patients with Rett syndrome have similar spinal surgery outcomes to those of people with cerebral palsy (CP), according to new research. The findings also revealed comparable degrees of spine abnormalities before surgery, as well as similar duration of hospital stays. The study, “Surgical outcomes…
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