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In the May 2013 issue of the journal Brain Stimulation, Dr. Stuart Hameroff and colleagues at the University of AZ Medical Center published an article demonstrating that applying ultrasound to the brain improves mood in people depressed by chronic pain. The mechanism at work is not known. Researchers theorize the ultrasound could stretch
Soldiers who suffer more than one mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) face a significantly higher risk of suicide, according to a new study published in JAMA by researchers from the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah. The researchers led by Craig J. Bryan, Ph.D. found that the risk for
At any given time some 6-7% of all Americans suffer from depression. What is the incidence of depression in people who suffer a TBI? Researchers at the University of Iowa led by Dr. Ricardo E. Jorge compared 91 patients with TBI with 27 patients who suffered multiple trauma, but without any nervous system
An new organization called the Warrior Canine Connection, a Maryland-based nonprofit, is stimulating recovery in American war veterans with TBI by helping them to train puppies over a two year period to become dogs that can help injured service men and women. The project is based at Walter Reed National Medical Military Medical
The hippocampus (located deep within the temporal lobe) is the brain’s primary learning center, and is crucially involved with forming, storing, and accessing long term memories. The hippocampus is a delicate structure more vulnerable to damage from TBI or stroke than other brain areas. Neuroscientists led by Moriel Zelikowsky at UCLA’s Brain Research
Emory University neuroscientist Don Stein, PhD has been studying the benefits and mechanisms of the hormone progesterone as a treatment for TBI for nearly 3 decades. He first became interested in progesterone when he observed that female rats recovered more quickly and completely from TBI than male rats, and that the probable explanation
Elderly people don’t face the risk of TBI from wars or sports like young people. Their major risk factor for TBI is falls. One recent study in Finland by Niina Korhonen, B.M. stated that TBI from falls is a leading cause of death and disability in the elderly. Older persons tend to recovery
On 5/10/13 at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthamalogy in Seattle, Dr. Peskind described the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to detect traumatic brain injury and monitor healing from TBI. OCT uses near-infared light to create images of subsurface biological tissue in slices. Used on the
For the millions of Americans living with TBI, there is often an unspoken problem: many suffer from sexual dysfunction, something that is easily overlooked as patients struggle with overwhelming physical and emotional issues that can last for years, new research has found. Neuropsychologist Jhon A. Moreno at the University of Montreal says that
Does TBI increase one’s risk of suicide? It would appear so. Earlier this year the Pentagon reported an extremely grim statistic: In the first months of the year, a soldier was more likely to die from suicide than from war injuries. From early January to early May 2012, the suicide rate averaged nearly