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Searching for Answers

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Gil Dunn absence seizure, adjunct clinical associate professor, adjunct clinical associate professor of neurology, adult grand mal seizure, answer, baptist health, Bill Robertson, brain, brain malfunction, brain play, broad combination, cafeteria, clinical neurophysiology fellowship, comfortable treat, dementia, disorder, diverse patient population, doctor, EEG, Elliott Sherr, epilepsy, epileptic person, FAAN, fellow of the American academy of neurology, focal epilepsy, frontal lobe seizure, gratis clinical faculty, group neurology, Henry Clay high school, hospital cafeteria, image001 photo, Indiana, Indiana university methodist hospital, Indiana university school, Indiana university school of medicine, Jeffery Winer, lab mouse, Louisville, Louisville school, medical degree, medical group neurology, medical knowledge of epilepsy, medication, medicine, Mehrizi, Mehrizi 's EEG, Mehyar Mehrizi, member of the gratis clinical faculty, midst of the lengthy interview, migraine, migraine increase, Morton middle school, Mrs. Jacobs, multiple little absence seizure, nerve, nervous system, neuralgia, neurological disorder, neurologist, neurology, neurology residency, neurology student, Neurophysiologist, neurophysiology, neurophysiology fellowship, neurophysiology monitor, pathway of nerve stimulation, patient started yell profanity, profanity, scream profanity, seizure, small shock wave, social creature, specific neurological disorder, stimulator, stroke, study of epilepsy, subspecialty, subspecialty fellowship, surgical neurophysiology monitor, test nerve pathway use electroencephalography, treatment of epilepsy, trigeminal, trigeminal neuralgia, uncontrollable episode, underperforming student, understand brain seizure, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Louisville school of medicine department, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, visual evoked potential, VNS

LOUISVILLE Every doctor has had an unusual case, right? A good story to tell. Mehyar Mehrizi, MD, FAAN, neurologist at

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Stick to the Plan

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Jim Kelsey A., adult neurology, Alzheimer, Alzheimer 's disease, Ambica Tumkur, B., behavior oncologist, behavioral neurology, biomedical engineer background, brain, brain tumor center clinic, C., cancer doctor, care plan, Chris shield, clinic, cognitive speech therapist, collaboration, collaborative conversation, collaborative fashion, commitment, cooper, cranial neurosurgery, David Sun, degenerative neck, dementia clinic, director of epilepsy, director of the memory center, disorder, doctor, epilepsy, executive medical director, fellowship, general cranial neurosurgery, Greg Cooper, image001 photo, implementation of plan A, individualized care plan, internship, Jamie Rhodes David Sun, Kentucky, Louisville, Louisville many time, member of the Norton neuroscience institute, memory center, neuro-oncologists, neuro-pathologists, neuro-radiologists, neurologist, neurology, neuropsychologists, neuroscience, neuroscience care, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, new model, Norton, Norton neuroscience institute, Norton neuroscience institute office space, oncologist, patient 's comfort, patient 's overall care, person 's problem, PhD, photo, physical therapist, plan A, plan B., plan C., related disorder, residency, retired surgeon, Sanders-Brown center, seizure, Southern Indiana, speech therapist, stick, sun, Sun credit, surgeon, surgery, surgery day, therapist, Tumkur, undergraduate degree, university of Iowa, university of Kentucky, vision of neurosurgeon

LOUISVILLE Many times in life we are advised to have a “Plan B” – an option in case Plan A

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Mental Wellness 

How to Get to a Breakthrough without Having a Breakdown

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Jan Anderson, PSYD, LPCC afloat hold pattern, authentic human connection, autopilot mode, bad boyfriend, boyfriend, brain, brain 's need, breakdown, brief description of rain, client, comfort balm, comfort of the familiar fake, compassion, conflict aspect, conflict aspect of complex situation, counsel session, critic attack, crowd of stranger, curiosity, disorient sense, disorient sense of discomfort, emotional risk-taking, familiar fake, field of awareness, friendly curiosity, good type of guy, human programme, inner adrenaline junkie, inner critic attack, less-functional, less-functional behavior pattern, narcissistic boyfriend, neuroscientist, present moment, present-moment reward, present-moment reward of therapy, rain, reward, reward option, sensation, session, survival-inspired, therapist, therapy, too-bad-to-keep-it, too-good-to-rock-the-boat, unsettle experience, wave of sensation, window of tolerance, wonder change, young adult life

“Why do you keep going back if it’s making you feel worse?” my boyfriend asked. We were talking about one

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Special Section 

UofL Health’s Ding Modestly Fills a Vital and Patient-Centered Role

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Tim Corkran abnormal tangle, abnormal tangle of blood vessel, aneurysm, Artemis, blood vessel, brain, catheter, catheter work, catheter-based, catheter-based endovascular procedure day, catheter-based procedure, cerebrovascular concern, clot, combination of clinical practice, common pathology, COVID-19, COVID-19 diagnosis, Dale, Dale ding, decision-making capacity, detailed catheter work, diagnostic angiograms, ding, ding estimate, ding note, disperse stroke induce clot, Dr. Dale, Dr. Dale ding, ease, educate patient, emergent care, emergent care of cerebrovascular concern, emergent stroke, ever-advancing technology, general neurosurgery call, go-to guy, good mentorship, hands-on element, image001 photo, IR, Joseph Neimat, malformed blood vessel, mastery of ever-advancing technology, member of the stroke team, neurologist, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeon appeal, neurosurgery, neurosurgery call, new device, new interventional radiology suite, non-emergent need, one-year catheter-based procedure, personality of the neurosurgeon appeal, prestigious barrow, procedure, prospect of good mentorship, putt patient, quality of the picture, radiology, radiology suite, sole practitioner, sole practitioner of vascular neurosurgery, spectrum of treatment, spectrum of vascular disorder, state-of-the-art stroke care, stroke, stroke neurologist, stroke program, stroke team, suite, surgical acumen, university 's valuable commitment, UofL, UofL health, UofL health 's ding, vascular abnormality, vascular abnormality of the brain, vascular neurosurgeon, vascular neurosurgery, vascular situation

LOUISVILLE As the only vascular neurosurgeon on staff at UofL Health, neurosurgeon Dale Ding, MD, is the go-to guy for

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Cover Story 

Repairing Brains, Reshaping Perceptions

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Donna Ison 3-D interactive model, 3-D model, ablation, anatomic malformation, blood vessel structure, brain, brain scan image, brain work, breakthrough technology, child 's brain, Christian look, Cincinnati child, Cincinnati child 's hospital, cognitive neuroscience, compassion, complete comprehension, complete comprehension of the patient 's condition, complicated patient, conception of Jerusalem, Corp, cut-and-dried concept, decision-analysis, detail of a specific patient 's surgery, director of the pediatric restorative neuroscience division, diseased brain tissue, electrode, engagement tool, epilepsy, gray matter, history of the disciple, Ian Mutchnick, integration of research-grade, Jerusalem, laser, malformation, MRI-guided, MRI-guided laser ablation technology, Muslim look, Mutchnick, Mutchnick 's main interest, neuroscience, neuroscience division, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery patient, Norton, Norton child, Norton child 's hospital, Norton child 's neuroscience institute, Norton child 's neurosurgery, Norton Healthcare, Norton neuroscience institute, patient 's surgery, patient engagement tool, pediatric restorative neuroscience division, perception, photo, physician, point of view of neuroscience, pretty amaze stuff, prophet of the bible, radiographic information, range of brain injury, real-time guidance, reality, reality model, repair brain, scan, simulation, specific patient 's surgery, spine condition, spine tumor, surgery, surgical epilepsy patient, surgical theater, surgical theater 's function, theater, theater 's function, university of Michigan medical school, UofL, use of a virtual reality, use of Visualase, virtual reality model, virtual reality model of a patient 's brain, Visualase

LOUISVILLE From the point of view of neuroscience, the film The Matrix, in which humans are unconsciously functioning inside a

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Moving Parts and Minds

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Pat Henderson academic standpoint, aspect of Parkinson 's, brain, brain stimulation, care of old patient, career arc, case of Justin T., chronic problem, constipation, DBS, deep brain stimulation, disorder, early sign, emergence of Nourianz, gut, gut check, hairdresser wind, image001 photo, institute 's resource, istradefylline, Justin Phillips, Justin T., levodopa, levodopa pump, Louisville, love of neuroscience, medication, move part, movement disorder, movement disorder fellowship, nervous system, neuroscience, Norton, Norton Healthcare Justin, Norton Healthcare Justin T., Norton neuroscience institute, Norton neuroscience institute 's medical director, Norton neuroscience institute 's medical director of movement disorder, nose, Nourianz, old standby, outpatient practice, Parkinson, Parkinson 's disease, Parkinson 's disease specialist, Parkinson 's treatment, Parkinson 's work, pathology, Phillips, polio, promise option, psycho-biology, son of an auto mechanic, symptom, T, therapy, tried-and-true medication, UK medical center, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, variety of medical therapy

LOUISVILLE How did the son of an auto mechanic and a hairdresser wind up as a movement disorders and Parkinson’s

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Functional Neurosurgeon Finds a Home at Norton Neuroscience Institute

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Tim Corkran accurate electrode placement, area of the brain cause seizure, brain, brain cause seizure, brain stimulation surgery, chronic pain, collaborative nature, cord, disorder, Dr. Rao, dynamic specialty, electrical stimulation, electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, electrode, emerge field of functional neurosurgery, end of life patient, epilepsy, essential tremor, example of the indication, excellent set, excise tumor, expansion of the role of functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgeon, functional neurosurgeon focus, functional neurosurgery, good option, good professional opportunity, heart of functional neurosurgery, high risk, image001 photo, image002 photo, infuse medication, life concern, life-threatening brain, Louisville Abigail Rao, nation institute of health, neuroscience, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeon focus, neurosurgery, neurosurgery 's root, neurosurgery residency, non-emergent quality, non-emergent quality of life concern, Norton, Norton Healthcare, Norton Healthcare 's Norton, Norton Healthcare Abigail Rao, Norton Healthcare perform deep brain stimulation surgery, Norton neuroscience, Norton neuroscience institute, option, pain, patient hope, Rao, Rao find, Rao treat, specialty of functional neurosurgery, spinal cord, staple of functional neurosurgery, stereotactic, stereotactic frame, stimulation, surgery, surgery syndrome, targeted area of the brain, tremor, use of electrical stimulation, Warren Alpert, Warren Alpert medical school, Wisconsin family, Wisconsin family of physician

LOUISVILLE Abigail Rao, MD, was drawn to the neurosciences as an undergraduate, and her creative and collaborative nature has found

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Mental Wellness 

Suicidal Thoughts? They’re Not a Good Predictor of Suicide

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jan Anderson, PSYD, LPCC area of the brain, big risk factor, brain, client, client 's shoe, client stop, client stop think suicidal thought, clinician, constricted think, counselor-client, counselor-client relationship, counterintuitive part, crisis counselor, crucial connection, drown person, good clinical train, good predictor of a suicide attempt, good predictor of suicide, helpful person, hotline, inner critic, internal negotiation, judgment, Kentucky right, life jacket, live buffer, local crisis counselor, local suicide hotline, major national public health issue, Marsha Linehan, mental constriction, Muzak queue, near-critical, near-critical car accident, normal human suffer, option, person contemplate suicide, powerful protective factor, problem-solving impairment, psychologist call, psychology nerd, rational thought, resourceful lady, safety plan, severe mental strain, Sidra stone, standard record, start function, suicide, suicide assessment, suicide attempt, suicide hotline, surreal minute, surreal minute of easy listen music, texted help

Thinking about suicide is not a very good predictor of a suicide attempt. Thinking about suicide isn’t even one of

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Cover Story 

Focus on Function First

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Donna Ison academic Physiatrists, acquired brain injury program, admirable accomplishment, Amantadine, association of academic Physiatrists, Atlanta 's shepherd center, brain, brain doctor, brain injury, brain injury program, brain injury research, Brian Bohannon Darryl Kaelin, chief resident, cord, cord injury, Darryl Kaelin, Dayton Ohio, devastate car accident, Dr. Darryl Kaelin, Dr. Darryl Kaelin help patient, effectiveness of the physical medicine, elevator speech, Emily Holmes, Emory university 's school, Emory university 's school of medicine, endowed chair, endowed chair of brain injury, Frazier Rehab, Frazier Rehab institute, Frazier rehabilitation institute, good program, image001 photo, image002 photo, individual 's physical, injury, inpatient, Kaelin, Kaelin 's word, Kettering medical center, Louisville, medical director, medical director of brain injury research, medical director of the acquired brain injury program, medical director of UofL health, medicine, medicine rehabilitation, miraculous story, multidisciplinary care, musculoskeletal perspective, neuro-rehabilitation, non-surgical treatment of disease, outpatient, perfect specialty, photo, physiatrist, physiatrists, physiatry, physiatry make, physical medicine, physical medicine rehabilitation, physician, PM&R specialist, PMR, power of the human spirit, practice of UofL health, quality of life, recovery, rehabilitation, specialist, specialty, spinal cord injury, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, TBI, telemedicine, telerehabilitation, therapist, time provide elevator speech, traumatic brain injury, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, UofL school, UofL school of medicine

LOUISVILLE Completing a 5K run is an admirable accomplishment for anyone. But, for someone who has suffered a traumatic brain

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Mental Wellness 

Are There Good Reasons for Bad Feelings?

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Jan Anderson, PSYD, LPCC American 15-44, American 15-44 year, anxiety, bad feel, brain, brain influence mood, brain sound, chemical imbalance, committed love relationship, costly thing, crucial foundation, Darwinian, depression, depression center, depression research, disorder, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary psychiatry, founder of evolutionary medicine, frontier of evolutionary psychiatry, funny noise, good reason, goodness, health service administration, image001 photo, image002 photo, intolerable side effect, Jesse Wright, lead cause of disability, meaningful happy life, mental health service administration, mental health treatment, mindless selection, mood, mood disorder, mood mechanism, moodostat, naïve Darwinian, Nesse, ordinary Darwinian, ordinary psychiatrist, origin of mood, photo, pretty good way, psychiatry, Randolph Nesse, selfish competition, stop treat symptom, stop view symptom, symptom, united state 's investment, UofL, UofL depression center conference, UOFL Randolph Nesse, usual stuff

“Why does depression exist at all?” “Why are mental disorders so confusing?” I wasn’t expecting these types of questions from

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