Functional Cognitive Disorder (FCD)
Functional Cognitive Disorder (FCD) It is a subtype of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) in which the cognitive symptoms experienced are due to an alteration in the functioning of neural networks rather than damage to brain structure as occurs in neurodegenerative diseases. These cognitive symptoms cause distress and can limit the person’s daily life and can […]
VI Edition of the Neuro-Ophthalmologic Exploration Course
EVENT POSTPONED FOR REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL WE WILL INFORM YOU OF THE NEW DATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. VI Course on Neuro-Ophthalmologic Exploration: a cutting-edge training course for neurologists, neurosurgeons and ophthalmologists. (Madrid. Lucila Rodríguez) The Neurology Department of the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid will hold on September 20,the VI edition of the […]
Musician’s dystonia: from Shumann to the present day.
Musician’s dystonia: from Shumann to the present day. (Dr. Monica Kurtis) He could never be like his admired Franz Liszt. The Saxon composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856), a key figure in the music of Romanticism, may have thought so when his career as a pianist was cut short by a right-hand disorder. At the age of […]
12 February International Epilepsy Day
Epilepsy: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. International Epilepsy Day (Madrid. Lucila Rodríguez) Around 50 million people suffer from epilepsy worldwide (400,000 in Spain), making this brain disease one of the most common neurological disorders in existence. However, despite being as old as mankind, no cure has yet been found. The most characteristic symptoms of epilepsy are […]
