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2: In the 1980s people in Britain ate BSE-infected food, and the first victims of a new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human parallel to BSE, may have already died. Asks how BSE is transmitted, what...
Reviews the basic characteristics of apraxic deficits and describes possible clinical variants applicable to apraxia of speech. Describes a form of congenital dysarthria and compares and contrasts it with...
Looks at Asperger’s syndrome, a developmental disorder of the brain characterised by acute anxiety, and inability to understand others, obsessional interest, and often, an above-average IQ.
Many patients who suffer stroke have to overcome a variety of behavioural problems which affect the quality of their daily lives. Helping such patients to cope successfully with the effects of their stroke...
BBC broadcaster Glyn Worsnip suffered from cerebellar ataxia, a rare, incurable and little-known brain disease that progressively affects balance and speech. This film follows him as he investigates and...
John Davidson is a 16-year-old boy who suffers from Tourette’s syndrome, a rare nervous disorder characterised by violent outbursts of hyperactivity and profanity. The 1989 programme follows him as he...
Looks at the new experimental treatments for neurological illnesses. A treatment for Parkinson’s disease involves tissue from the patient’s kidney being inserted into his brain. Another technique,...
A video recording of Michael Nyman’s only opera, first performed at the ICA in the late 1980s. It tells the story of musicologist Dr P and the neurological condition that caused him to gradually lose a...
A unique record record of the ‘awakening’ of patients from 40 years of hopeless, silent ‘sleep’ to a vivid, full enjoyment of life, at least for a short period. The patients had been victims of the...
This film explores the origins of artistic creativity in the brain. Through the experiences of people who have suffered strokes and similar forms of brain damage the film suggests where the source of art...
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