Computed Tomographic Imaging Appraisal of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Tertiary Hospital in South-South Nigeria: A 6-Year Review.

Background: Computed tomography (CT) remains the gold standard in imaging evaluations of traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI on its own has become a major concern in developing countries with its untoward effects.

Objectives: The objective was to appraise the craniocerebral computed tomograms of patients who had TBIs.

Pattern of intracranial tumours in a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

Objective: This study seeks to describe the pattern of intracranial tumours in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) based on patient demographics, clinical presentation, spatial distribution of tumour and histological findings.

Method: The study design is retrospective and descriptive. Data was obtained from the clinical records of patients with intracranial tumours treated in our neurosurgery unit between January 2010 to December 2015, and histology reports obtained from the histopathology unit.

Rauwolfia vomitoria inhibits olfaction and modifies olfactory bulb cells.

The rising cost of orthodox medication has endeared so many to the use of herbs for the management of neurological conditions. Rauwolfia vomitoria (RV) one of such herbs is a rainforest shrub whose parts are used locally in the management of psychiatry and other medical issues. Its usefulness though not in doubt is wrapped with adverse reports as its active constituents depletes brain monoamine and dopamine stores.