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Date	Title
3/16/10	Neuropsychiatric effects of traumatic brain injury
3/15/10	Implanted neurons let the brain rewire itself again
3/15/10	Budget impact of treating brain injured homeless veterans with hyperbaric oxygen
3/12/10	Review: Efficient rehabilitation trial designs using disease progress modeling: A pediatric traumatic brain injury example
3/11/10	Differential effects of endothelin receptor A and B antagonism on cerebral hypoperfusion following traumatic brain injury
3/10/10	Use of diffusion-weighted MRI in the emergency department for unconscious trauma patients with negative brain CT
3/09/10	Researchers to continue brain injury treatment trials
3/08/10	When is it safe to forego a CT in kids with head trauma?
3/08/10	Pentagon focuses on brain trauma
3/05/10	Severe traumatic brain injury in children�a single center experience regarding therapy and long-term outcome
3/05/10	Understanding the recovery of consciousness in patients who suffer traumatic brain injuries
3/04/10	Healthy brain aging: Effect of head injury, alcohol and environmental toxins
3/04/10	Understanding the recovery of consciousness in patients who suffer traumatic brain injuries
3/03/10	Predictors of new-onset depression after mild traumatic brain injury
3/03/10	A prospective diffusion tensor imaging study in mild traumatic brain injury
3/02/10	Study that stretched and strained neural connections could yield insights into traumatic injury
3/02/10	Sex hormone progesterone to get head injury trial
2/26/10	Mild traumatic brain injury, not so mild after all
2/26/10	Urodynamic evaluation of urinary disturbances following traumatic brain injury
2/25/10	"My child doesn't have a brain injury, he only has a concussion"
2/25/10	Quick test for concussion
2/24/10	Study supports alternative anti-seizure medication following acute brain injury
2/24/10	Occult cranial injuries found with neuroimaging in clinically asymptomatic young children due to abusive compared to accidental head trauma
2/23/10	Military report shows how many Canadian soldiers suffered mild brain injuries
2/23/10	Comprehensive rehabilitation programmes in the chronic phase after severe brain injury: A systematic review
2/22/10	Impaired semantic memory in the formation and maintenance of delusions post-traumatic brain injury: a new cognitive model of delusions
2/19/10	Anterior pituitary dysfunction and traumatic brain injury
2/18/10	Brain metabolism is significantly impaired at blood glucose below 6 mM and brain glucose beneath 1 mM in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
2/18/10	Early CT signs of progressive hemorrhagic injury following acute traumatic brain injury
2/17/10	Pharmacokinetics of amantadine in children with impaired consciousness due to acquired brain injury: Preliminary findings using a sparse-sampling technique
2/17/10	Statistical study of concussions and the after-effects through online training
2/16/10	Study measures traumatic brain injury
2/16/10	Brain scan gives vegetative state patient the power to say "Yes" And "No"
2/12/10	Concussions extra dangerous to teen brains
2/12/10	Patient �locked in� by brain injury answers question using thoughts alone
2/11/10	Cerebral oxygen metabolism and neuroelectrophysiology in a clinical study of severe brain injury and mild hypothermia
2/11/10	Ski helmets reduce head injury risk by 35%: U of C study
2/10/10	Vasospasm in children with traumatic brain injury
2/10/10	Interview versus questionnaire symptom reporting in people with the postconcussion syndrome
2/09/10	An analysis of communication in conversation after severe traumatic brain injury
2/09/10	Research: Traumatic brain injuries: Motor deficits can persist even after what appears to be a full recovery
2/08/10	Characteristics of a mild head injury subgroup with extreme, persisting distress on the rivermead postconcussion symptoms questionnaire
2/08/10	Effect of intrathecal baclofen bolus injection on lower extremity joint range of motion during gait in patients with acquired brain injury
2/05/10	Haemostatic drugs for traumatic brain injury
2/05/10	Thalamic integrity underlies executive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury
2/04/10	Prolonged concussion symptoms can be relieved with controlled exercise
2/04/10	A prospective diffusion tensor imaging study in mild traumatic brain injury
2/03/10	Influence of sex and age on inpatient rehabilitation outcomes among older adults with traumatic brain injury
2/03/10	The effect of sleep medications on cognitive recovery from traumatic brain injury
2/02/10	Clinical factors can identify children at low risk of traumatic brain injury
2/02/10	Motor deficits can persist even after what appears to be A full recovery following traumatic brain injuries
2/01/10	Neurons developed from stem cells successfully wired with other brain regions in animals
2/01/10	Mortality after discharge from acute care hospitalization with traumatic brain injury: A population-based study
1/29/10	Residence following traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal study
1/29/10	A controlled treatment study of internal memory strategies (I-MEMS) following traumatic brain injury
1/28/10	Serial changes in diffusion tensor imaging metrics of corpus callosum in moderate traumatic brain injury patients and their correlation with neuropsychometric tests: A 2-year follow-up study
1/28/10	Department of Defense funds drug therapy study for traumatic brain injury
1/27/10	Traumatic brain injuries: Motor deficits can persist even after what appears to be a full recovery
1/27/10	Genetic association studies in patients with traumatic brain injury
1/26/10	Deep white matter volume loss and social reintegration after traumatic brain injury in children
1/26/10	Mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) during combat: Lack of association of blast mechanism with persistent postconcussive symptoms
1/25/10	A concussion is a brain injury
1/25/10	Use of magnesium in traumatic brain injury
1/22/10	Antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapies do not increase mortality in the absence of traumatic brain injury
1/22/10	Reviving consciousness in injured brains
1/21/10	Modelling early recovery patterns after paediatric traumatic brain injury
1/21/10	Characteristics and correlates of rehabilitation charges during inpatient traumatic brain injury rehabilitation in Singapore
1/20/10	Statins in traumatic brain injury
1/20/10	Retrospective analysis of the risk factors and pathogens associated with early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia in surgical-ICU head-trauma patients
1/19/10	Ventilatory strategies for patients with acute brain injury
1/19/10	Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase is a novel biomarker in humans for severe traumatic brain injury
1/15/10	Intensive insulin therapy in severe traumatic brain injury: A randomized trial
1/15/10	Hyperbaric oxygen study shows potential benefit for patients with traumatic brain injury
1/14/10	Growing evidence suggests progesterone should be considered a treatment option for traumatic brain injuries
1/14/10	Multimodal surface-based morphometry reveals diffuse cortical atrophy in traumatic brain injury
1/13/10	Sequential performance on the California verbal learning test following traumatic brain injury
1/13/10	Injecting cells into brains means test for ReNeuron investors
1/12/10	The value of sequential computed tomography scanning in anticoagulated patients suffering from minor head injury
1/12/10	Progesterone treatment for brain injury: an update
1/11/10	Incidence and risk factors for deep venous thrombosis after moderate and severe brain injury
1/11/10	Spontaneous hyperventilation and brain tissue hypoxia in patients with severe brain injury
1/08/10	Differential effects of alcohol intoxication on S100B levels following traumatic brain injury
1/08/10	JRRD publishes single-topic issue on TBI and clinical practice guidelines for mild TBI
1/07/10	Conditional Consciousness: Predicting Recovery from the Vegetative State
1/07/10	A world-first for traumatic brain-injury survivors
1/06/10	Brain damage found in hockey player
1/06/10	Relationship between plasma cortisol levels and stress ulcer following acute and severe head injury
1/05/10	What has inflammation to do with traumatic brain injury?
1/05/10	Rehabilitation outcomes after anoxic brain injury: A case-controlled comparison with traumatic brain injury
1/04/10	Nonaccidental head injury is the most common cause of subdural bleeding in infants <1 year of age
1/04/10	Psychopharmacological treatment for cognitive impairment in survivors of traumatic brain injury: A critical review
12/31/09	Continuous monitoring of cerebrovascular pressure reactivity after traumatic brain injury in children
12/31/09	Intellectual outcome from preschool traumatic brain injury: A 5-year prospective, longitudinal study
12/30/09	Mouse study suggests that response to injury-induced growth factors can be revived
12/30/09	The BRAIN TRIAL: a randomised, placebo controlled trial of a Bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist (Anatibant) in patients with traumatic brain injury
12/29/09	Vestibulo-ocular monitoring as a predictor of outcome after severe traumatic brain injury
12/29/09	Incidence, risk, and protective factors of mild traumatic brain injury in a cohort of Australian nonprofessional male rugby players
12/23/09	Recovery of consciousness after brain injury: a mesocircuit hypothesis
12/23/09	Effects of methylphenidate on cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with impaired consciousness after acquired brain injury
12/22/09	Fruit fly nerve cells rebuild themselves after injury
12/22/09	Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. enrolls first patient in traumatic brain injury clinical trial in Switzerland
12/21/09	Effects of unilateral decompressive craniectomy on patients with unilateral acute post-traumatic brain swelling after severe traumatic brain injury
12/21/09	Head motions while riding roller coasters: Implications for brain injury
12/18/09	N.F.L. issues new guidelines on concussions
12/18/09	Helmet usage in motorcycle-related neurotrauma
12/17/09	Long-term psychiatric outcomes following traumatic brain injury: A review of the literature
12/17/09	Permanent central diabetes insipidus after mild traumatic brain injury

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