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Stimulating Your Brain

Stimulating Your Brain
By Adam P. Smith, MD, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
Electrical stimulation has been used since the mid-1800s when pioneers identified localized electrical activity in the brain. By applying current to the scalp, they induced movements in animals. After all, the brain is just a conglomeration of electrical circuitry. As my partner quips, we as neurosurgeons are just tradesmen… high-paid electricians. […]

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The Chiari Malformation & Syringomyelia, hidden neurological disorders – The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado

The Chiari Malformation & Syringomyelia: Neva’s struggle to overcome these hidden neurological disorders.

Courtesy The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado
Life was good. Neva was completing her graduate studies and had recently married her childhood sweetheart. Together, they enjoyed biking and hiking and were looking forward to starting a family. Then, the headaches began. At first, it was just a dull generalized ache, then, steadily, the pain concentrated in the back of her head. When getting up, she noted a brief dizziness. She pushed on, but other symptoms began to appear. […]

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The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado talks brain tumors – LIVING WELL Magazine

Brain Tumors

By Adam P. Smith, MD, The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
Brain tumors are tumors inside of the skull. They occur when cells start dividing and replicating uncontrollably. Tumors can either originate from the brain tissue itself, the tissues covering the brain, blood vessels, or other structures in or around the brain. Cancer may also spread, or metastasize, to become a brain tumor. […]