American Physical Therapy Association Report APTA - Report shows Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy may improve arm use in children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

The New England Journal of Medicine - The effects of Physical Therapy on Cerebral Palsy

The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library - Neurologic Disorders - Approach to the Neurologic Patient - Autonomic Nervous System - Movement and Cerebellar Disorders and more

NINDS Dysautonomia Information Page - What is Dysautonomia - Treatment - Prognosis - Research - Clinical Trials - Organizations

BRAIN A Journal of Neurology Article - Encoding of human action in Broca's area

Nation Aphasia Association - The NAA's mission is to educate the public to know that the word aphasia describes an impairment of the ability to communicate, not an impairment of intellect. The NAA makes people with aphasia, their families, support systems, and health care professionals aware of resources to recover lost skills to the extent possible, to compensate for skills that will not be recovered and to minimize the psychosocial impact of the language impairment.

The Fern Lab - The Fern lab is located in the Department of Neurology at the University of Washington in Seattle. The lab's research focuses on ischemic injury of the brain, in particular the neonatal/developing brain. Ischemia is the term given to a loss of blood supply and can arise due to obstruction of a blood vessel (leading to a stroke), or from factors that are currently not well understood but which produce the brain injury that underlies cerebral palsy.

The Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) is a national, public, 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to curing Friedrech's ataxia (FA) through research. FARA grants and activities provide support for basic and translational FA research, pharmaceutical/ biotech drug development, clinical trials, and scientific conferences. FARA also serves as a catalyst, between the public and scientific community, to create worldwide exchanges of information that drive medical advances.

National Ataxia Foundation - The National Ataxia Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of persons affected by ataxia through support, education, and research.

Neuroscience for Kids - Types of Neurons (Nerve Cells)

CCSI consortium on Cognitive Science Instruction - Neurons, Synapses, action Potentials, and Neurotransmission - Function of neurons - The central nervous system CNS, Neuron basic information, function and description

The MindProject Community - consortium on Cognative Science Instruction CCSI - Consortium on Cognitive Science Instruction was formed to coordinate the efforts of individuals and institutions (public and private) committed to the dissemination of information about the cognitive and learning sciences. The primary objective of the Consortium is to create a well-organized community of teachers, researchers, and students which fosters the growth of cognitive science education, the sharing of resources, collaboration on student-centered research projects, and an increased level of communication and cooperation between all types of institutions committed to these goals.

PubMed Abstract of hypothesis article reviewing the Mechanisms of Secondary Brain Injury

PubMed Abstract of review article on the role of calcium in ischemic cell death. Review concluded that calcium is one of the triggers involved in ischemic cell death, whatever the mechanism.

Physiological Reviews - Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine - Ischemic Cell Death in Brain Neurons - defining Cell Death - Major Features of Ischemic Cell Death - Ischemic Cell Death and Hypoxia

NICHD National Institute of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development - Center for Research for Mothers & Children CRMC - CRMC serves as a principal source of NIH support for research and research training in maternal and child health. Supported scientists are advancing fundamental and clinical knowledge concerning maternal health and child development problems, such as gestational diabetes, antecedents of adult diseases, obesity and overweight, specific learning disabilities, mechanisms of cognition and learning, growth retardation, HIV/AIDS, and other congenital infections and diseases. The Center also houses the primary federal research entity for research to understand the effects and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals on maternal and child health, as well as a large portfolio on the unique aspects of HIV/AIDS in women and mothers.

Preconception Care at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development - What is prenatal care and preconception care?

University of California, UCSF Medical Center - Medical Tests - Fetal Heart Monitoring - Definition - Types - Information

Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring at perinatology.com

2010 Ongoing study being conducted by NICHD - STAN Fetal Heart Monitor trial at clinicaltrials.gov - Research to test a new instrument, called a fetal STAN monitor, that may be used during labor to monitor the electrical activity of the baby's heart. This new instrument is designed to help the doctor determine how well the baby is doing during labor. It will be used along with the existing electronic fetal monitor used to measure the baby's heart rate and the mother's contractions during birth. The specific purpose of this research study is to see if this new instrument (fetal STAN monitor) will have an impact on newborn health.