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5/16/08 Chemokine detection in the cerebral tissue of patients with posttraumatic brain contusions
5/16/08 Cerebral oxygenation, vascular reactivity, and neurochemistry following decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury
5/16/08 Traumatic brain injury during Operation Iraqi Freedom: findings from the United States Navy–Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry
5/15/08 Iraq vets often lose vision to brain injuries
5/15/08 Craniectomy an option for treatment of traumatic brain injury
5/14/08 Prevalence and types of sleep disturbances acutely after traumatic brain injury
5/14/08 Predictors of positive growth after traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal study
5/14/08 Physiotherapy after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review of the literature
5/09/08 Determinants of compliance with hand splinting in an acute brain injured population
5/09/08 Depression in the elderly after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review
5/09/08 Conversation-based assessment of social cognition in adults with traumatic brain injury
5/08/08 Problem-solving training for family caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injuries: A randomized controlled trial
5/08/08 Prediction of memory rehabilitation outcomes in traumatic brain injury by using functional magnetic resonance imaging
5/08/08 Poor sleep quality and changes in objectively recorded sleep after traumatic brain injury: A preliminary study
5/07/08 Neuropsychologic and functional outcome after complicated mild traumatic brain injury
5/07/08 Neighborhood characteristics and outcomes after traumatic brain injury
5/07/08 Impact of age on long-term recovery from traumatic brain injury
5/06/08 Development of a wheelchair virtual driving environment: Trials with subjects with traumatic brain injury
5/06/08 Racial differences in employment outcomes after traumatic brain injury
5/06/08 Driving and community integration after traumatic brain injury
5/02/08 Prediction of memory rehabilitation outcomes in traumatic brain injury by using functional magnetic resonance imaging
5/02/08 Feasibility of a brief neuropsychologic test battery during acute inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury
5/02/08 Sensitivity of the comprehensive trail making test to traumatic brain injury in adolescents
5/01/08 Pill ingredient could prevent brain damage after head injury
5/01/08 Understanding sequelae of injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury incurred during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Persistent postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder
4/30/08 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Iraq war veterans explored by MIT’s technology review magazine
4/30/08 Determinants of hospital costs associated with traumatic brain injury in England and Wales
4/2908 High school coaches' assessments, intentions to use, and use of a concussion prevention toolkit: Centers for disease control and prevention's heads up: Concussion in high school sports
4/2908 Understanding sequelae of injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury incurred during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Persistent postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder
4/25/08 Traumatic brain injury: Can the consequences be stopped?
4/24/08 Nerve growth factor expression correlates with severity and outcome of traumatic brain injury in children
4/24/08 Prevention of secondary brain injury following head trauma
4/23/08 Occurrence of severe and moderate traumatic brain injury in patients attended in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital: epidemiology and dosage of alcoholemy
4/23/08 Fitness training for cardiorespiratory conditioning after traumatic brain injury
4/22/08 Device helps brain injury patients walk normally
4/22/08 Remodeling the brain … rehab therapy causes increase in gray matter
4/18/08 Senate approves bill to treat traumatic brain injury
4/18/08 Pentagon seeks battlefield device to diagnose brain injury
4/18/08 Young girls have higher rate of concussions than males
4/17/08 Using magnetic resonance imaging to predict new learning outcome at 5 years after childhood traumatic brain injury
4/17/08 Aerobic capacity and growth hormone deficiency after traumatic brain injury
4/16/08 Characterizing the dose-response relationship between mannitol and intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury patients using a high-frequency physiological data collection system
4/16/08 Adolescent sports concussion
4/15/08 Repeat concussions increase risks for young athletes
4/15/08 The neurophysiology and assessment of sports-related head injuries
4/11/08 Brain tissue could be regenerated after brain injury by inserting microscaffolding and stem cells
4/11/08 Triple threat: Young macho men with serious injuries often abuse alcohol
4/9/08 Damaged brain can be repaired and cerebral functions restored, neuronal study suggests
4/9/08 Treatments with botox may end up in the brain
4/9/08 Drug 'may aid head injury patients'
4/9/08 Eyedrops that probe the brain
4/8/08 Laser beam could help save brain
4/8/08 Meta-analysis of APOE4 Allele and outcome after traumatic brain injury
4/8/08 Transarterial embolisation for intractable post-traumatic oronasal haemorrhage following traumatic brain injury: Evaluation of prognostic factors
4/4/08 Utility of optic nerve ultrasonography in head injury
4/4/08 Impact of age of transfused blood on cerebral oxygenation in male patients with severe traumatic brain injury
4/3/08 Diffusion tensor MR imaging spots subtle changes after mild traumatic brain injury
4/3/08 Empathy for the brain, after insult and injury
4/3/08 The membrane-associated progesterone-binding protein 25-Dx: Expression, cellular localization and up-regulation after brain and spinal cord injuries
4/2/08 How dangerous is boxing for the brain?
4/2/08 Society 'discriminating' against brain injured
4/2/08 Comparing strategies for treating emotion perception deficits in traumatic brain injury
4/2/08 Factors influencing driving 10 years after brain injury
4/1/08 Use of the emotional Stroop to assess psychological trauma following traumatic brain injury
4/1/08 Management and outcome in patients following head injury admitted to an Irish Regional Hospital
4/1/08 Reading emotions after childhood brain injury: Case series evidence of dissociation between cognitive abilities and emotional expression processing skills
4/1/08 Functional outcomes of school-age children with acquired brain injuries at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation
4/1/08 Cranioplasty for patients developing large cranial defects combined with post-traumatic hydrocephalus after head trauma
4/1/08 Impulsivity and traumatic brain injury: The relations among behavioral observation, performance measures, and rating scales
3/28/08 Experience: a double-edged sword for restorative neural plasticity after brain damage
3/28/08 Assessment of patients with mild concussion in the emergency department
3/27/08 Young age as a risk factor for impaired cerebral autoregulation after moderate to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury
3/25/08 Interleukin-6 and nerve growth factor upregulation correlates with improved outcome in children with severe traumatic brain injury
3/25/08 White matter abnormalities in mild traumatic brain injury: A diffusion tensor imaging study
3/25/08 Outcome after complicated minor head injury
3/21/08 Youth sports concussion program points to need for proper treatment of concussion in children
3/21/08 Diffusion tensor imaging of acute mild traumatic brain injury in adolescents
3/20/08 Three years prospective investigation of anterior pituitary function after traumatic brain injury: a pilot study
3/20/08 Incidence of hypo- and hypercarbia in severe traumatic brain injury before and after 2003 pediatric guidelines
3/19/08 Head injury in children due to cricket ball scenario in developing countries
3/18/08 New study shows brain changes from concussion
3/18/08 Fasting can reduce brain-injury impact
3/14/08 Clinical decision instruments for CT scan in minor head trauma
3/13/08 Prehospital intubation of brain-injured patients
3/12/08 Incidence of hospital-treated traumatic brain injury in the Oslo population
3/10/08 New software offers hope to patients with brain injuries
3/10/08 Biomarkers of primary and evolving damage in traumatic and ischemic brain injury: diagnosis, prognosis, probing mechanisms, and therapeutic decision making
3/10/08 Using computer chips to reconnect brain cells
3/07/08 Optimal hemoglobin concentration in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, acute ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injury
3/07/08 Adrenal insufficiency following traumatic brain injury in adults
3/06/08 Brief report: Sleep disturbances following mild traumatic brain injury in childhood
3/06/08 Understanding behavioral handicaps following head injuries
3/06/08 The Toronto traumatic brain injury study
3/05/08 Head injuries result in widespread brain tissue loss one year later
3/05/08 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation resuscitation for traumatic brain injury after decompressive craniotomy
3/05/08 Prolonged recovery of memory functioning after mild traumatic brain injury in adolescent athletes
3/05/08 Fulminant Guillain–Barré syndrome after closed head injury: a potentially reversible cause of an ominous examination case report
3/04/08 Retinal haemorrhages in- head trauma resulting from falls: differential diagnosis with non-accidental trauma in patients younger than 2 years of age
3/04/08 Measurement of head impacts in collegiate football players: relationship between head impact biomechanics and acute clinical outcome after concussion
3/04/08 Memory deficit after traumatic brain injury: how big is the problem in New Zealand and what management strategies are available?
3/04/08 Post traumatic brain perfusion SPECT analysis using reconstructed ROI maps of radioactive microsphere derived cerebral blood flow and statistical parametric mapping
3/04/08 Regrowing neurons
2/29/08 Traumatic brain injury, apolipoprotein E-{epsilon}4, and cognition in older adults: A two-year longitudinal study
2/29/08 Risk of dementia associated with the ApoE e4 allele and falls causing head injury without explicit traumatic brain injury
2/27/08 Penn researchers engineer first system of human nerve-cell tissue
2/27/08 Traumatic brain injury in Finland 1991-2005: A nationwide register study of hospitalized and fatal TBI
2/27/08 The presence and impact of traumatic brain injury among clients in treatment for co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse
2/27/08 Semantic memory organization during the early stage of recovery from traumatic brain injury
2/27/08 Health-related quality of life and psychosocial consequences after mild traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents
2/27/08 Deficits in complex visual information processing after mild TBI: Electrophysiological markers and vocational outcome prognosis
2/27/08 Cognitive and functional outcomes of terror victims who suffered from traumatic brain injury
2/26/08 Risk factors for depressive symptoms after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury
2/25/08 Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients
2/25/08 Testing breakthrough for mild TBI
2/22/08 New clinical evidence shows treatment breakthrough for foot drop in chronic stroke and traumatic brain injury survivors
2/19/08 Characterizing wandering behaviors in persons with traumatic brain injury residing in veterans health administration nursing homes
2/19/08 Ethnic differences in discharge destination among older patients with traumatic brain injury