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CT scans and MRIs do not show mild TBI because mild TBI exists at the microscopic level unlike severe or moderate TBI which are accompanied by macroscopic bruising, swelling or bleeding of brain tissue. Some clever neuroscientists at the University of Virginia have just found a way to detect mild TBI using a
University of Wisconsin geneticist Barry Ganetzky concluded that we know very little about how head trauma triggers neurodegeneration of the brain following TBI, and that’s because of legal and ethical restrictions on human experimentation. After looking around for a suitable non-human candidate for TBI research he hit on the fruit fly. The fruit
A new orally active, chemical compound called Posiphen is now being investigated by a small company in Pennsylvania called QR Pharma, Inc. Its CEO Dr. Maria Maccecchini says that research on mice shows the compound crosses the blood-brain barrier and inhibits synthesis of the three neuro-toxic proteins known to cause Alzheimer’s disease. In
Ajit A. Sarnaik, MD, a critical care medicine physician on staff at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, says parents should look for the following ten warning signs after a bump on the head to determine if their child requires medical attention for a possible concussion: • Child is not alert or responsive after injury
Survivors of TBI with left-sided brain damage often experience problems with language such as difficulty making intelligible speech sounds and difficulty forming proper words from those sounds. Depending on insurance coverage it may be possible to accelerate recovery through visits to a speech therapist. Is there anything you can do on your own
The American Legion has completed an investigation of the quality of care that veterans receive for TBI and PTSD by the Department of Defense and the VA. The seven-member committee that drafted the report includes a retired Army colonel who served on the Joint Staff Wounded Warrior Integration Team and a public health
In early October 2013 Ksenia Ustinova, PT, PhD, an associate professor of physical therapy in the School of Rehabilitation and Medical Sciences at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, told the World Congress of Neurology about her success with virtual reality (VR) therapy with young TBI patients. Dr. Ustinova used VR therapy over
Stem cells harvested from adult bone marrow can be cued to grow into brain cells and then transplanted into the brain of a mammal in hopes of repairing brain damage from TBI or stroke. In the past there were two theories regarding how the repair was done. One theory was that the transplanted
People who sustain a severe TBI sometimes develop epileptic seizures – either temporarily or permanently. Have you ever wondered what a seizure sounds like? To do that you have to find a way to listen to the patient’s neuronal circuitry when it fires normally in synchronous rhythm and when it fires abnormally in
On October 1, 2013, Luoxis Diagnostics (a subsidiary of Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc) announced the results of its five year multi-center study on the use of a device at bedside to predict the outcome of severe TBI. The results confirmed that measurement of ORP is an accurate gauge to outcome. ORP stands for oxidation-reduction-potential.