Hello MarkyMadison and WELCOME to NeuroTalk!

I'm sorry to hear of your mother's condition...

I'm not sure where to direct you here at NT... but I did find a couple of outside links that have some very interesting information.

National Institute of Health
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1523432/

New England Journal of Medicine
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra052732

Hopefully someone will come along and know which forum to direct you to here.

In the mean time.... please feel free to roam around and join in anywhere!
I look forward to seeing your around the board.

Abbie