tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5928834556432562712009-10-21T18:30:23.893-07:00Orange County NeuropsychologistHELLO AND WELCOME TO MY BLOG.
My name is Dr Haygoush Kalinian. I am a LIcensed Psychologist/Neuropsychologist engaged in private practice in Orange County, CA.
I evaluate and treat adults and the elderly who suffer Brain Injury, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, ADHD, Stroke, and other brain disorders.
The purpose of this blog is for education and information. If you need professional advise, please contact our office (949) 481-8414.Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-82767169909760864802009-10-21T18:27:00.001-07:002009-10-21T18:30:23.906-07:00Researchers Optimizing Progesterone For Brain Injury TreatmentScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2009) — As doctors begin to test progesterone for traumatic brain injury at sites across the country, researchers are looking ahead to optimizing the hormone's effectiveness.Two abstracts summarizing Emory research on progesterone are being presented at the 2009 Society for Neuroscience (SFN) meeting in Chicago.A multisite phase III clinical trial called ProTECT III will Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-16401161519793497972009-10-12T14:19:00.001-07:002009-10-12T14:32:16.437-07:00Key Mechanism In Brain Development Pinpointed, Raising Questions About Use Of Antiseizure DrugsScienceDaily (Oct. 12, 2009) — Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular player in guiding the formation of synapses — the all-important connections between nerve cells — in the brain. This discovery, based on experiments in cell culture and in mice, could advance scientists' understanding of how young children's brains develop as well as point to Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-71160049365177132342009-08-15T22:46:00.001-07:002009-08-15T22:49:59.349-07:00Brain Damage Seen On Brain Scans May Predict Memory Loss In Old AgeScienceDaily (Aug. 14, 2009) — Areas of brain damage seen on brain scans and originally thought to be related to stroke may help doctors predict a person's risk of memory problems in old age, according to research published in the August 11, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.Researchers tested 679 people age 65 and older without dementia forDr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-17598113317113363072009-08-15T22:39:00.000-07:002009-08-15T22:43:40.768-07:00Reduction of Alzheimer's Disease and Lifestyle ChangesPeople may be able to reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to two recently published studies that are the latest in a long line of research. But does that hold for everyone? And by how much can you lower the risk? Here's a look at the facts. Alzheimer's afflicts 5.3 million Americans and that number is predicted to grow to nearly 8 million in the next 20 years, accordingDr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-45886731138833937482009-07-24T14:07:00.001-07:002009-07-24T14:12:27.053-07:00Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder Associated With HIgher ALzheimer's Dementia RiskScienceDaily (July 24, 2009) — Though discoveries about Alzheimer's disease risk factors are often in the news, adults do not know about the relationship between Alzheimer's disease risk and heart health, nor that physical activity can be protective against dementia, according to new research reported at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2009) Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-59181777040225830962009-06-22T15:21:00.000-07:002009-06-22T15:25:41.240-07:00First Image of Memories Being MadeScienceDaily (June 19, 2009) — The ability to learn and to establish new memories is essential to our daily existence and identity; enabling us to navigate through the world. A new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), McGill University and University of California, Los Angeles has captured an image for the first time of a mechanism, specifically Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-55137259059137577402009-06-22T15:10:00.000-07:002009-06-22T15:15:57.220-07:00CSF Fluid Shows Alzheimer's Disease Deterioration Much EarlierScienceDaily (June 19, 2009) — It is possible to determine which patients run a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and the dementia associated with it, even in patients with minimal memory impairment. This has been shown by recent research at the Sahlgrenska Academy.The results have just been published in the medical journal Lancet Neurology. "The earlier we can catch Alzheimer’s diseaseDr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-44115264528329495922009-06-06T12:47:00.000-07:002009-06-06T12:54:00.362-07:00Snoring Associated With Sleep Apnea May Impair Brain FunctionScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — It has been linked to learning impairment, stroke and premature death. Now UNSW research has found that snoring associated with sleep apnea may impair brain function more than previously thought.Sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea experience similar changes in brain biochemistry as people who have had a severe stroke or who are dying, the research shows.A study by Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-19259125846333640822009-06-06T12:36:00.000-07:002009-06-06T12:45:29.052-07:00Discoveries Shed New LIght On How the Brain Processes What The Eye SeesScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — Researchers at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) at Rutgers University in Newark have identified the need to develop a new framework for understanding “perceptual stability” and how we see the world with their discovery that visual input obtained during eye movements is being processed by the brain but blocked from awareness.The process of Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-58047154001776552462009-05-26T18:00:00.000-07:002009-05-26T18:13:18.680-07:00A Brain Disorder Easily Missed Or Misdiagnosed As Alzheimer's or ParkinsonsTomorrow's *New York Times* (Tuesday, May 26) includes an article: "ABrain Disorder Easily Missed" by Jane Brody.Here are some excerpts:Edward Ferguson, a civil engineer living in Vancouver, Wash., retired atage 65 from a job handling multimillion-dollar contracts.Five years later he could not balance a checkbook, walk without falling,drive a car, control his bladder or recognize his Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-642965496136086612009-05-24T14:42:00.000-07:002009-05-24T15:26:25.257-07:00Alzheimer's Discovery Could Bring Early Diagnosis and Treatment CloserScienceDaily (May 23, 2009) — A discovery made by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Research Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital offers new hope for the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.In a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on May 15, Dr. Hemant Paudel, his PhD student Dong Han and postdoctoralDr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-76503765805725965282009-05-12T21:42:00.000-07:002009-05-12T21:47:09.031-07:00Women More Likely To Experience Non-Traditional Stroke SymptomsScienceDaily (May 12, 2009) — The traditional stroke symptoms are well known and include a sudden onset of numbness or weakness on one side of the body, trouble talking, loss of vision, or coordination problems.But in women, doctors and bystanders should be paying attention to something else, says Lynda Lisabeth, Ph.D., MPH, researcher in the department of neurology at the University of Michigan Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-41087205893506882602009-05-11T14:07:00.000-07:002009-05-11T14:12:11.491-07:00Memory For Different Smells: Synaptic Memory Found In Olfactory BulbScienceDaily (May 9, 2009) — Ben W. Strowbridge, Ph.D, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, and Yuan Gao, a Ph.D. student in the neurosciences program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are the first to discover a form of synaptic memory in the olfactory bulb, the part of the brain that processes the sense of smell.In the 1970s, scientists discovered Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-65316593567816318852009-05-11T13:58:00.001-07:002009-05-11T14:05:32.335-07:00New Evidence Ties Gene To Alzheimer'sScienceDaily (May 8, 2009) — Of dozens of candidates potentially involved in increasing a person's risk for the most common type of Alzheimer's disease that affects more than 5 million Americans over the age of 65, one gene that keeps grabbing Johns Hopkins researchers' attention makes a protein called neuroglobin.Adding to a growing body of evidence about the importance of this protein for the Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-57400009514341183252009-04-10T14:00:00.001-07:002009-04-10T14:05:23.172-07:00Rigorous Visual Training Teaches The Brain To See Again After StrokeScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2009) — By doing a set of vigorous visual exercises on a computer every day for several months, patients who had gone partially blind as a result of suffering a stroke were able to regain some vision, according to scientists who published their results in the April 1 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.Such rigorous visual retraining is not common for people who suffer Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-32079292357146825642009-04-10T13:56:00.000-07:002009-04-10T13:59:36.257-07:00Neuroscientists Demonstrate The Link Between Brainwave Activity and Visual PerceptionScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2009) — Can we always see what is in front of us? According to Dr. Tony Ro, a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at The City College of New York (CCNY), the answer is “no.” New research published in The Journal of Neuroscience by Professor Ro and colleagues from the University of Illinois demonstrates that the brain cannot detect images when brainwave Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-43360484362936814522009-04-05T12:40:00.000-07:002009-04-05T12:49:59.654-07:00Blood Test For Head Injuries Gains MomentumScience NewsBlood Test For Brain Injuries Gains MomentumScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2009) —A blood test that can help predict the seriousness of a head injury and detect the status of the blood-brain barrier is a step closer to reality, according to two recently published studies involving University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.News stories about tragic head injuries – from the death of Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-10550288210049737622009-03-15T12:45:00.000-07:002009-03-15T12:51:52.428-07:00Can Mental Training Games Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease?ScienceDaily (Mar. 14, 2009) — Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products – exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer – which in 2007 generated $80 million in the United States alone.The premise of brain training is simple: participants must complete a series of daily exercises such Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-10778173881290513372009-03-15T11:53:00.001-07:002009-03-15T11:57:00.329-07:00MetabolicAnd Neurological Disorders May Share Common Risk FactorsScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2009) — Metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes appear to share risk factors with and may influence the development of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, according to several reports published in the March issue of Archives of Neurology.The issue—a theme issue on neurological disorders related to metabolic diseases—is being published in conjunction Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-68290992071675833632009-03-02T19:49:00.000-08:002009-03-02T19:53:01.124-08:00UltrasoundAnd TPA Effective For StrokeScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2009) — An experimental therapy using tiny bubbles activated by transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound combined with the clot busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is more effective than tPA alone in treating patients suffering from ischemic stroke, according to new research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in San Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-75704629052431779612009-02-28T11:40:00.000-08:002009-02-28T11:48:16.387-08:00Alzheimer's-associated Plaques May Impact Throughout the BrainScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2009) — Advanced imaging reveals surprising effects on astrocyte signaling networks. The impact of the amyloid plaques that appear in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease may extend beyond the deposits' effects on neurons – the cells that transmit electrochemical signals throughout the nervous system.In an article in the Feb. 27 issue of Science, researchers fromDr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-55637464817726212522009-02-27T21:37:00.000-08:002009-02-27T21:42:01.288-08:00New Research In Alzheimer's PuzzleScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2009) — Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease.In the Feb. 26 issue of the journal Nature, the Yale team reports that cellular prion proteins trigger the process by which amyloid-beta peptides block brain function in Alzheimer's patients."It has been a black box," said Stephen M. Strittmatter, senior author of the Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-64501492260295840292009-02-24T19:30:00.000-08:002009-02-24T19:38:52.816-08:00How We Keep Visual Details In Short-Term MemoryScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2009) — Working memory (also known as short term memory) is our ability to keep a small amount of information active in our mind. This is useful for information we need to know on-the-fly, such as a phone number or the few items we need to pick up from the grocery store. We hang on to the information for a brief period of time, just long enough to make a phone call or get Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-3194335339844161532009-02-21T10:58:00.000-08:002009-02-21T11:10:23.285-08:00Revolutionary New Model For Alzheimer's DiseaseScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2009) — A study from the Buck Institute for Age Research offers a revolutionary new model for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a devastating neurodegenerative disorder which afflicts 24 million people worldwide.In an effort to unravel the normal function of a protein implicated in AD, scientists in California and France have discovered a naturally occurring protein that provides aDr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592883455643256271.post-44669253417685453302009-02-19T21:34:00.000-08:002009-02-19T21:38:11.658-08:00Can Exercising Your Brain Prevent Memory Loss?ScienceDaily (Feb. 18, 2009) — Participating in certain mental activities, like reading magazines or crafting in middle age or later in life, may delay or prevent memory loss, according to a study released February 17 that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009.The study involved 197 people between the ages of 70 and 89 Dr. Haygoush Kalinian (Neuropsychologist)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17004646935614689278noreply@blogger.com0