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The TBI Resource Guide is the internet`s central source of information regarding traumatic brain injury. The TBI Resource Guide website consists of over 2,000 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.

High School Footballers Wearing Special Helmets to Monitor Brain Injuries (Oct 1)

New high-tech headgear, which uses six strategically placed, spring-loaded accelerometers to wirelessly beam information to a Web-based system on a laptop computer on the sidelines, is to more effectively – and more immediately – detect when blows to players’ heads may result in concussions or more severe brain injuries.

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Chemical Compound Found In Tree Bark Stimulates Growth, Survival Of Brain Cells (Oct 8)

Researchers have identified a compound in tree bark that mimics the chemical reactions of a naturally occurring molecule in the brain responsible for stimulating neuronal cell signaling. Neuronal cell signaling plays a crucial role in the growth, plasticity and survival of brain cells.

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Neural Activity Connected To Blood Flow In New Brain Stimulation Technique (Oct 15)

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time measured the electrical activity of nerve cells and correlated it to changes in blood flow in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive method to stimulate neurons in the brain.

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Demonstration of Improvement of Chronic Brain Injury (Oct 22)

The American Association of Health Freedom and the International Hyperbaric Medical Association announced today that physician-researchers at the Baromedical Research Institute and Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans have reported the successful treatment of chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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Imaging Shows Structural Changes in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Oct 29)

Researchers report that diffusion tensor imaging can identify structural changes in the white matter of the brain that correlates to cognitive deficits even in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.

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We would like to welcome the recent formation of the California Brain Injury Association (CALBIA). CALBIA is a non-profit membership organization providing information, referrals, education, advocacy and support for those affected by brain injury.

For more information about CALBIA, the upcoming conferences, and how to become a member of this important organization please click here

The Fall 2007 (16.4) issue of the Inside View quarterly newsletter is now available! With a $12 yearly subscription ($24 international), glossy, hard-copy versions of the Inside View will be delivered to your door every three months.

Two-year subscriptions are only $22 ($44 international) and three-year subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).

Fall Issue Table of Contents:

Regenerating Brain Cells
Pioneering Treatment of TBI
Portable Monitor for Concussions
Case Study: Family Support
Transplanting Cells in the Brain
Fluids Impact TBI Survival
2007-8 Conference Schedule
CNS Programs and Services

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10/29/07 Characterizing 'mild' in traumatic brain injury with proton MR spectroscopy in the thalamus: Initial findings
10/29/07 Permanent damage detected in all traumatic brain injuries
10/26/07 Tomographic findings in traumatic globe evulsion caused by blunt head trauma
10/26/07 Imaging shows structural changes in mild traumatic brain injury
10/22/07 S.1233 - Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury and Health Programs Improvement Act of 2007
10/19/07 Mental deficits after concussion persist in women
10/18/07 Frena tears and abusive head injury: A cautionary tale
10/16/07 Amateur boxing and risk of chronic traumatic brain injury: systematic review of observational studies
10/16/07 Marked improvement in adherence to traumatic brain injury guidelines in United States trauma centers
10/15/07 Demographical profiles of adult severe traumatic brain injury patients: implications for healthcare planning
10/12/07 Activation of the prefrontal cortex during the Wisconsin card sorting test (Keio Version) as measured by two-channel near-infrared spectroscopy in patients with traumatic brain injury
10/11/07 Neural activity connected to blood flow in new brain stimulation technique
10/09/07 The European Brain Injury Questionnaire (EBIQ) as a reliable outcome measure for use with people with brain injury
10/08/07 Parental alcohol misuse is a powerful predictor for the risk of traumatic brain injury in childhood
10/05/07 Medical judges unconvinced by evidence of brain risk from boxing
10/05/07 Chemical compound found in tree bark stimulates growth, survival of brain cells
10/05/07 Validity of the modified 20-metre shuttle test: Assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness in people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury
10/05/07 Validation of the gross motor function measure for use in children and adolescents with traumatic brain injuries
10/05/07 Death rate is increased for at least 7 years after head injury: a prospective study
10/04/07 Hypothermic technique being tested to treat pediatric head injuries
10/03/07 Cognitive impairment in patients with traumatic brain injury and obstructive sleep apnea
10/02/07 Functional outcome at 1 vs. 2 years after severe traumatic brain injury
10/02/07 Study shows girls more susceptible to concussions than boys
10/02/07 UT Southwestern investigating hypothermic technique in treating pediatric head injuries
10/01/07 Even seemingly minor brain injuries can have lingering effects
10/01/07 Hypothalamopituitary dysfunction following traumatic brain injury and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
10/01/07 High school footballers wearing special helmets to monitor brain injuries
10/01/07 Prolonged neuropsychological impairments following a first concussion in female university soccer athletes

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The TBI Resource Guide online store has over 75 brain injury related products, including educational multi-media cds, animations, graphics, e-books, newsletters, research article reprints, assessment tools, and laminated educational cards. The new educational multi-media cds provide an in-depth overview of brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, and brain function. They include audio, video and graphic content in an easy-to-use self-learning format.

Other products:
Educational CD's
Animations
Graphics
Newsletters
Reprints
ILS
E-Books
Virtual Tour
Laminated Cards

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Visit the TBI Resource Guide Discussion Forum and join over 500 registered users in asking questions and exchanging ideas with each other on over 150 TBI related topics.

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Visit our new "Veterans and TBI" section of the website. There you will find links to important related websites, PDF information pamphlets, and current news bulletins.

Latest additions:

A bill to provide and enhance intervention, rehabilitative treatment, and services to veterans with traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes (10.22.07)
TBI care still has many problems, spouse says (10.18.07)
Wounded Vets Also Suffer Financial Woes (10.01.07)
UCLA Neurosurgery Expert Notes Iraq War Reveals a Lot about Traumatic Brain Injury -- and a Different Way to Think about It (10.01.07)

Visit the Veterans and TBI section:
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Read traumatic brain injury survivor case studies detailing injuries, rehabilitation, and outcomes.

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The TBI Resource Guide offers four on-line, continuing education courses. Our courses are $60 each and certified for 2-hours.

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Applied Behavior Analysis
Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview
Brain Anatomy and Function

CE Courses page: click here

The Centre for Neuro Skills Clinical Research and Education Foundation (CNS - CREF) Is a not-for-profit (503c) foundation whose mission is to further the basis of knowledge about treatment of acquired brain injury at the post acute level and share that knowledge with practicing professionals, family members of those with traumatic brain injuries and the general public.

CNS-CREF website: click here

** You can now submit your events and conferences directly to our online listing by by going to the page below and clicking on the "submit your event or conference" link:
www.neuroskills.com/events.php

Nov 2
Traumatic Brain Injury and Children
Chattanooga, TN
615-532-7770

Nov 2-4
Pediatric Brain & SCI Conference
Miami, FL
305-243-3994
Email: bshinkle@med.miami.edu
Website: www.pedibrain.org

Nov 5-7
Brain Injury Business Practice College
Las Vegas, NV
703-761-0750
Email: mreitter@biausa.org
Website: www.biausa.org

Nov 14-16
Partnerships in Rehabilitation: The Best of Both Worlds
Melbourne, Australia
Web: rehab2007.com

Nov 15
A Practical Guide to Helping Clients With Brain Injury Work and Live Productively
Peterborough, ON, Canada
705-741-3412
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Website: www.mindworksgroup.ca

Nov 15
BIA of New Jersey Brain Injury Basics for Families
Fair Lawn, NJ
732-738-1002
Email: rcarfi@bianj.org
Website: bianj.org

Nov 16
Traumatic Brain Injury and Helping Children Succeed
Memphis, TN
901-545-8487

Nov 16-18
State of the Art Medical and Rehabilitative Care in Brain Injury: Clinical and Legal Implications
Napa, CA
Tel: 661-872-4903
Email: calbiainfo@yahoo.com
Web: calbia.org

Dec 7-8
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop (Attention & Information Processing)
London, United Kingdom
+1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk Web: braintreetraining.co.uk

Dec 10
BIA of New Jersey Brain Injury Basics for Families
Newton, NJ
732-738-1002
Email: rcarfi@bianj.org
Website: bianj.org

Mar 27-28(2008)
Gateway to Hope and Healing
Linthicum Heights, MD
410-448-2924
Email: kantt@biamd.org
Website: www.biamd.org

Mar 27-29 (2008)
The Assessment and Treatment of TBI at War and at Home
New York, NY
212-947-7111 x562
nyatbi@nyatbi.net
nyatbi.net/Conference_2008.html

Apr 9-12(2008)
The International Brain Injury Association's 7th World Congress on Brain Injury
Lisbon, Portugal
713-526-6900
Website: www.internationalbrain.org

Sep 5-6(2008)
Evaluation & Treatment of Visual Perceptual Dysfunction in Adult Brain Injury
Peterborough, ON, Canada
705-741-3412
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Website: www.mindworksgroup.ca

Conferences 2007-8: click here

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That is all for this month. See you in November!

Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com

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