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According to the National Institutes of Healh a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is “an injury from a blow, jolt, or penetrating object that disrupts normal functioning of the brain. Causes of TBI include falls, car accidents, sports-related impacts, and penetrating injuries. A TBI can be mild, sometimes called a concussion; serious, causing long-term
For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging have used a combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts to injury. The research, published in January 2013 issue of Cerebral Cortex, shows that when one brain area loses functionality, a “back-up” team
A clinical trial at 3 large, urban hospitals with Level I trauma services showed that MRIs are better at predicting long-term outcomes for people with mild traumatic brain injuries than CT scans. The hospitals which participated in this study were the University of Pittsburg Medical Center, UCSF and the San Francisco General Hospital
Is the brain of a child more vulnerable to mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) than an adult? In the December 12, 2012 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience researchers published a study showing that damage to the white matter of the brain first detected 2 weeks after MTBI in children (ages 10-17) was
The APOE-e4 allele is a gene mutation associated with incresed risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Does possession of this gene mutation contribute to worse outcome following TBI? In the Journal of Neurotrauma 25:279–290 (April 2008) Zhou and colleges carried out a comprehensive survey and meta-analysis of cohort studies of sufficient rigor to determine whether
The most common cause of acquired epilepsy in teens and young adults is traumatic brain injury resulting from head contact. This year Associate Prof. of Neurosurgery Raimondo D’Ambrosia at the University of Washington performed an experment to test the cooling hypothesis. He gave a contusive brain injury to a group of rats. Half
Depression is a common consequence of traumatic brain injury. Zoloft is one of the most commonly prescribed anti-depressants for mild depression. If you have suffered depression or an aggravation of pre-existing depression from a TBI and your doctor has prescribed Zoloft, make sure you do not drink any grapefruit juice. Compounds within the
Some studies have indicated that TBI sustained early in life raises the risk of dementia during one’s elderly years. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai wanted to know if patients with dementia who had a TBI earlier in life had a distinct clinical profile from dementia patients with no
The Notre Dame team Athletic Dept. has developed a tablet-based testing system that captures the voice of an individual and analyzes the speech for signs of a potential concussion anytime, anywhere, in real time. The benefit of this technology is that nearly 90 percent of concussions go unrecognized when they occur. The way
Ivica Ducic, MD, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery and the Director of Peripheral Nerve Surgery at Georgetown is a pioneer in surgery to eliminate or reduce headaches following concussion. Dr. Ducic says that two different kinds of pain-producing nerves may be affected by a concussion: intracranial nerves that traverse the membranes covering the
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