Disadvantaged Homes - study finds school and behavior problems in brain-injured children from more stressed, less advantaged families.
Federal TBI Act - information on Act XII of the recently passed Children's Health Act 2000 concerning traumatic brain injury.
Guidelines for Treatment of Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - expansion of the scope of existing guidelines to incorporate education, injury prevention as well as the role of rehabilitation and physiatry services in the management of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI).
Household Falls and TBI - researchers have determined that rapid head rotations sustained when a baby's head contacts a hard surface during household falls may result in diffuse brain injuries.
Not Breathing During Sleep - children who stop breathing during sleep show brain damage in regions that regulate the cardiovascular system, body temperature and urination (7.25.05).
Predisposition to Injury - children with heart conditions who require surgery as infants may be more vulnerable to neurologic problems if they have a particular variety of a gene.
Stem Cells for Children - trial will gauge safety and potential of using child's own bone marrow stem cells to treat brain trauma (1.30.06).
Treating TBI in Children - scientific guidelines for the best way to treat children who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.
Why Brain-Injured Children Often Recover - decrease in activity sites may mean that language areas in the brain are more flexible when children are younger (4.18.06).
Coma
Predicting Consciousness Recovery After Coma - the first reliable measure of neurobehavioral functioning during coma that predicts recovery of consciousness up to one year after injury (3.14.05).
Consequences
Anger After Brain Injury - study finds anger and irritability patients exhibit may have more to do with an injury to the brain than it does post-injury depression.
Bypass Surgery Does not Harm Brain - a review of the effects of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on brain functions concludes that the procedure probably does not cause late or permanent neurological effects (5.9.05)
Concussion Effects Linked to Lawsuits - a review of studies suggests that long-lasting symptoms of concussion may increase when the outcome of a lawsuit is at stake (5.02.05).
Depression After TBI - many patients who experience a traumatic injury to the brain experience major depression or other psychiatric illnesses within a year after their head injuries.
Headaches After Concussion - any degree of post-concussion headache even one week after injury likely is associated with incomplete recovery.
Head Injury Survival - patients transferred to level I trauma centers are more likely to survive than if they're transferred to level II facilities, according to study (4.11.05).
Head Trauma - When to Get Help - Mayo Clinic recommends emergency care and evaluation if specific symptoms occur after head trauma (6.13.05)
Impact of Brain Injury on Family Members - After a traumatic brain injury medical professionals tend to focus on the patient but research shows a great impact on family members as well (4.02.07)
Learning After Severe TBI - psychologists have evidence that severe-CHI survivors may still be able to learn without awareness that they're learning.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - victims who suffer a severe head injury are more likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder if they remain conscious during their ordeal.
TBI Outcome Patterns - improved outcomes are related to the institution of TBI treatment guidelines, organized trauma systems, and federally-mandated use of seat belts and air bags (4.18.05).
Underestimating Head Injury - doctors and other carers often overlook some important aspects of outcome amongst patients who have suffered head injuries, according to a new study (8.08.05).
Visual Neglect Explained - scientists have developed an explanation for a condition following brain injury in which patients fail to see - neglect - half of their visual world.
Dementia
Alzheimer's Drug May Help TBI Survivors - drugs currently used to enhance function of the chemical transmitter acetylcholine may benefit survivors of TBI [1.17.05].
Alzheimer's Gene Influences Memory After TBI - a gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease makes it harder for the brain to recover memory functions after brain injury, according to a new study by researchers.
Alzheimer's and TBI - study indicates a strong relationship between severe TBI and development of Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's Risk and TBI - new research suggests that brain injury leads to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Parkinson`s Disease and Head Injury - researchers have found that those who have experienced a head injury are four times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease.
Study Outlines How Stroke, Head Injury Can Increase Risk of Alzheimer's Disease - researchers have discovered how the death of brain cells caused by a stroke or head injury may cause generation of amyloid-beta protein - the key component of senile plaques seen in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (06.18.07).
Neurophysiology
Altering Brain Receptors May Reduce Damage - researchers are hopeful that changing the genetic blueprint of receptors can help to block lethal flows of calcium into neurons of human brain damage victims (4.24.06).
Biomechanics of TBI - the effects of linear acceleration and rotational head movement on the brain during an accident.
Brain Activity in Minimally Conscious - researchers have found that some seemingly unconscious patients with severe brain damage are capable of responding to speech (2.28.05).
Brain Cells Work Differently Than Previously Thought - scientists know that information travels between brain cells along hairlike extensions called axons. For the first time, researchers have found that axons don't just transmit information -- they can turn the signal up or down with the right stimulation (8.27.07).
Brain Repairs Itself - researchers show neuronal cells in the relatively undamaged areas of the brain can slowly grown new and important connections over a period of years in a process known as axonal re-growth (7.04.06).
Brain on a Chip - scientists have coupled living brain tissue to a chip equivalent to the chips that run computers (6.12.06).
Brain-Injury Recovery Depends on Acetylcholine Circuitry - the ability of the brain to recover from such injury as stroke or trauma depends on a particular circuitry of neurons that "talk" to one another using the brain chemical acetylcholine (4.25.05).
Brain May Be Less Plastic Than Hoped - studies have indicated the brain may have less flexibility in response to injury than previously thought (8.1.05).
Brain's Capacity for Self-Repair Studied - the brain's natural ability to heal might ultimately have clinical implications for the treatment of brain damage, according to the researchers (12.18.06).
Damaged Brain Can Be Repaired And Cerebral Functions Restored - Scientists have shown that it is possible to repair an injured brain by creating a small number of new, specifically-targeted innervations, rather than a larger number of non-specific connections. (04.21.08).
Delivery of Brain Probes by Eye Drop - researchers describe the development of gene probe eye drops that—for the first time—make it possible to monitor and detect tissue repair in the brain of living organisms using MRI (04.14.08).
Flexible Electronics Aid Brain Injury Research - researchers have developed membranes feature microelectrodes that are able to withstand the sudden stretching that is used to simulate severe head trauma (04.16.07).
Genetics and Brain Injury Recovery - investigating why people with a specific genetic makeup are less likely to make a good recovery from head injury.
Healing the Brain - researchers have shown ordinary human brain cells may share the prized qualities of self-renewal and adaptability normally associated with stem cells (8.21.06).
Imaging Shows Structural Changes in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - 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 (10.29.07).
Improving Brain Cell Survival - researchers have found a protein in the brain that can save neurons from dying after experiencing traumatic brain injury from incidents such as stroke, car accidents and falls (7.10.06).
Mild Brain Injury May Render Brain Cells Vulnerable - researchers have discovered that a seemingly mild "insult" to the brain could sensitize neurons to attack by immune system proteins that are otherwise protective.
Nanotubes for Brain Probes - researchers have shown that extremely thin carbon fibers called "nanotubes" might be used to create brain probes and implants to study and treat neurological damage.
Nerve Regeneration - researchers have discovered a naturally occurring growth factor that stimulates regeneration of injured nerve fibers (axons) in the central nervous system (5.15.06).
Neural Activity Connected To Blood Flow In New Brain Stimulation Technique - 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 (10.15.07).
Neurobiological Advancements - current research reports on neural transplantation and other cutting-edge brain research.
Neurotransmitters In Biopolymers Stimulate Nerve Regeneration - research reported December 11 in the journal Advanced Materials describes a potentially promising strategy for encouraging the regeneration of damaged central nervous system cells known as neurons (12.30.07).
New Way To Sort Stem Cells Discovered - scientists have found a new way to sort stem cells that could in the future expedite therapies for people with conditions like brain damage (1.07.08).
One Step Closer To Transplanting Stem Cells In The Brain - stem cells transplanted into the brains of mice generate more numerous and more mature nerve cells if the brain cells called astrocytes are not activated (08.20.07).
Roots of Epilepsy May Lie in Oft-Ignored Brain Cells - star-shaped brain cells that are often overlooked by doctors and scientists as mere support cells appear to play a key role in the development of epilepsy (8.15.05).
Preventing Secondary Brain Injury - developing a resuscitation fluid that contains hemoglobin, allowing effective restoration of the oxygen-carrying capacity that is compromised when an injury leads to profuse blood loss (5.22.06).
Replacing Brain Cells Lost by Trauma - newly created neurons in adults rely on signals from distant brain regions to regulate their maturation and survival before they can communicate with existing neighboring cells (11.12.07).
Regeneration Of Brain Cells - researchers have achieved an additional step for the potential replacement of damaged brain cells after injury or disease (09.24.07).
Researchers Engineer First System of Human Nerve-Cell Tissue - researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that living human nerve cells can be engineered into a network that could one day be used for transplants to repair damaged to the nervous system (3.03.08).
Shift in Language Control Site Offers Rehab Hope - scientists have found that the site in the brain that controls language shifts with aging which might offer hope in the treatment of speech problems resulting from traumatic brain injury (10.10.05).
Stanford Researchers Track Human Stem Cells Transplanted Into Rat Brain - researchers have illuminated the path taken by human neural stem cells that were transplanted into the brains of rats and mice, and found that the cells successfully navigate toward areas damaged by stroke (6.11.07).
Stimulating Brain Cell Growth - scientists have identified key compounds that stimulate stem cell growth in the brain (09.05.06).
Stopping a Receptor Called 'Nogo' Boosts the Synapses - scientists have found that reducing the nogo receptor in the brain results in stronger brain signaling, effectively boosting signal strength between the synapses, the connections between nerve cells in the brain (3.31.08).
Synthetic Blood for TBI - biological effects of Oxycyte in patients with traumatic brain injury to be studied (9.19.05).
Tissue May Offer Brain Injury Treatment - the same tissue that helps a developing brain form its protective blood-brain barrier may protect the adult brain from the ravages of injury.
Prevention
Alcohol and Smoking - recent neuroimaging studies of chronic smokers have shown brain structural and blood-flow abnormalities (2.27.06).
Alcohol and TBI - study suggests that people with alcohol problems seem more injury prone than people who use illicit drugs.
Bicycle Safety Tips - by wearing a helmet, a child can reduce his/her risk of injury by as much as 85 percent.
Bike Helmet Legislation Could Make Cycling Safer - legislation that requires people to wear bicycle helmets appears to increase use and decreases injury rates, according to the results of a Cochrane Review (4.23.07)
Blood-flow Detector Software Show Promise In Preventing Brain Damage - researchers have designed an automated means of continuously tracking potentially dangerous changes in blood flow to the brain in real time, a system that shows promise for preventing brain damage and death in children with head injuries (9.3.07)
Costs of Not Wearing a Helmet - motorcycle riders who crash without a helmet rack up far larger hospital bills than those whose heads were protected in a crash, a new study finds.
Cyclosporin as a Neuroprotector - the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is developing compound to treat TBI's (7.18.05).
Device Absorbs Blow to Head - oral appliance that prevents concussion and serious brain injury by locking an athlete's lower jaw into a static and safe position.
Device Detects Concussions - development of a new device to detect brain injuries on the sidelines of a football game, on a battlefield or in the emergency room (5.13.05)
Diet and Cognition - diet may help protect your brain if you should suffer an accidental head injury.
Drug May Prevent Brain Injury in Newborns - A drug already approved by the FDA may protect newborns from brain injury and long-term neurologic problems caused by excitotoxicity, or over-activation of neurons.
Fast and Safe Way to Test Brain Pressure - researchers have taken the first steps toward evaluating a new protocol for quick detection of elevated brain pressure. (1.31.05)
Helmet Use During Skiing Reduces TBI's - alpine skiers and snowboarders who wear a helmet have a reduced risk of head injury, according to a recent study. (3.06.06)
Impact of Brain Injury Often Overlooked in Driver's Ed - Young people learn about drugs and alcohol and how driving under the influence can take lives, but do they know what happens when accident victims survive? (2.10.06)
Level of Protection Provided by Children’s Bicycle Helmets - children’s bicycle helmets provide measurable protection in terms of both reducing the deceleration experienced by the child’s head and protecting against direct compressive force (5.08.06)
Mandating Bicycle Helmets - research on reducing head injuries with laws requiring helmets for bicyclists.
Motorcycle Helmets Keep Riders Alive - helmet use is highly significant in reducing both accidental death and injury, reducing head injury risk by 69 percent and death by 42 percent (2.04.08)
New Brain Injury Monitoring System - football helmets are fitted with accelerometers, which measure impact to the helmets and keep track of head impact data.
Protective Helmets - the importance of wearing protective helmets to prevent traumatic brain injury.
Rafting Safety Helmet - engineering students have designed a new helmet to better protect rafters and kayakers from life-threatening head injuries.
Roller Coaster Safety Review - brain injury association review of the existing scientific and industry data regarding the correlation between roller coaster rides and brain injury.
Roller Coasters Safe - scientists find that coaster G's, twists, and speeds are not enough to injure the brain.
Roller Coaster Safety - two scientific studies on roller coasters and brain injury state that rides are safe and present no health risk to the public.
Soccer Headgear Fails - foam helmets and padded headbands do little to soften the impact of heading a soccer ball, according to a new study.
TBI
Prevention Technique Debunked - contrary to popular thinking
in athletics, traditional neck muscle resistance training may not
protect athletes from head injuries (1.10.06).
Thrill Ride Danger - amusement part thrill rides may be mysterious cause of neurological symptoms.
Sports
Amateur Boxing Linked to Brain Cell Damage - a study of 14 Swedish amateur boxers suggests that they have higher levels of certain chemicals in their cerebrospinal fluid in the days following a bout, indicating injuries to neurons and other cells important to brain function (9.25.06).
Concussions in Sports - research will objectively study, for the first time, the effects of single and multiple concussions on the brains of high school and college athletes.
Concussions in High School Athletes - High school athletes who sustained even mild concussions showed significant decline in memory processing and other symptoms within one week post-injury, say researchers.
Golf Popularity Leading to More TBI's - children's increasing interest in golf is resulting in an unfortunate upswing in golf-related head injuries (6.20.05)
Head Gear for Lacrosse - researchers have found that more protective gear for women and children is warranted.
High school footballers wearing special helmets to monitor brain injuries - special football helmets have been developed which use six strategically placed, spring-loaded accelerometers to wirelessly beam information to a Web-based system on a laptop computer on the sidelines, to more effectively – and more immediately – detect when blows to players’ heads may result in concussions or more severe brain injuries (10.01.07).
Multiple Concussions - three or more concussions may result in up to nine times as many symptoms compared to athletes with no concussions.
Recovery From Football Concussions - collegiate football players may need up to 7 days to recover from a concussion, including full recovery of cognitive function and balance.
Returning to Play - early recognition and proper assessment of concussions continue to be crucial for the athlete's recovery.
Role of Age in Recovery - researchers have found that following a concussion, high school athletes required longer recovery compared to college athletes.
Rugby and Concussions - study suggests that rugby leads to far more concussions than players, coaches and medical personnel have previously thought.
Rugby Helmets Not Effective - study shows protective equipment not very effective for rugby players (7.11.05).
Decline in TBI's - the rate of traumatic brain injury declined 11.4 percent between 1989 and 1998.
Epidemiology of TBI - statistics regarding the causes, incidence, and cost of traumatic brain injury in the US.
Hospitalizations due to TBI down 35% over a decade - new data released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) show that fewer Canadians are admitted to hospitals due to traumatic head injuries than were a decade ago (12.11.06).
National TBI Registry - medical Center to start the nation's first Emergency Department-based traumatic brain injury registry.
NIH Report on TBI - National Institutes of Health's consensus report supporting traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.
Population Study of TBI - study of blunt head traumas to calculate the rates of potential brain injury and to describe the various causes of these injuries.
Aiding Head Injury Victims - enabling hospital technicians to create exactly matching titanium plates used to repair the damage.
Alternative Medicine for TBI - more patients than ever before with traumatic brain injuries are turning to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies to supplement conventional medical care for their injuries.
Bob Woodruff Partners with Brain Injury Association - The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has entered into a partnership with ABC
Anchor Bob Woodruff and his family to raise awareness of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to administer the newly created Bob Woodruff Family Fund for TBI to assist servicemen and women and their families affected by the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. (3.01.07).
Brain Cleaner - people suffering from brain injury may be able to reprogram their brains to improve motor skills (1.22.07).
Brain Remodeling - a researcher has been awarded the first National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant aimed at developing therapies to "remodel brains" injured from brain traumas.
Care of Head Injuries - care of patients with head injuries falls well short of recommendations.
Compounds to Treat Cell Injury - compounds have the potential to become treatments of central nervous system cells damaged by injury (9.6.05).
Drug for Coma Patients - clinical trials of drug for the treatment of patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state (12.09.04).
Drug Improves Memory Loss for TBI Patients - traumatic brain injury patients with moderate to severe memory loss improved their memories while taking the drug rivastigmine (10.09.06).
Exercise Has Powerful Impact on Brain - scientists are learning that exercise has a much more direct and powerful impact on the brain than previously believed -- an exciting discovery that may lead to safer and more effective approaches to preventing and treating a variety of brain injuries and diseases.
Guidelines for Treating Behavior - evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacologic treatment of behavior problems associated with traumatic brain injury are published (11.06.06).
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment - scientific literature does not support the use of hyperbaric oxygen for traumatic brain injuries.
Hypertonic Resuscitation - potential to help survivors of blunt trauma by improving blood flow and delivery of oxygen to the injured brain while decreasing high pressure in the brain.
Hypothermia to Reduce Brain Damage - study shows that reducing the body temperature of someone revived from cardiac arrest is feasible and safe in reducing brain damage.
Hypothermia Helps Brain Heal - cooling body temperature to levels consistent with hypothermia improves survival when induced after cardiac arrest and also promotes growth factors important for the brain's recovery.
Hypothermia to Treat TBI - study will assess whether maintaining a moderately low body temperature in patients with severe traumatic brain injury will improve their mental and physical outcomes.
Imagery Aids Brain Injury Rehabilitation - imagining movement of arms and legs that have been weakened from brain injury may facilitate functional recovery of affected limbs.
Insulin Therapy for Brain Injury - hyperglycemia - an excess of sugar in the blood - is often linked to worse outcomes in many types of cerebral injuries.
Intubated TBI Patients Fare Worse - Patients who receive an emergency breathing tube at the scene of an accident fare worse than those intubated after arrival to the hospital (11.19.04).
Molecular Treatment of Brain Injury - the National Institutes of Health has awarded $1.7 million to a University of Cincinnati (UC) scientist to do molecular research that could lead to better treatments for brain injury patients (7.23.07).
New Cord Blood Stem Cell - discovery suggests potential treatment for regenerating nerve tissue after brain injury.
New Technology Can Be Operated By Thought - neuroscientists have significantly advanced brain-machine interface (BMI) technology to the point where severely handicapped people using only their thoughts can execute motor actions (11.19.07).
New Treatment for Post-Concussion Syndrome - sports medicine specialists have developed a new method for treating athletes who sustain post-concussion syndrome that, unlike the conventional approach, allows athletes to maintain conditioning while recovering gradually from the injury (10.16.06).
New Treatments Prevent Brain Injury Hours After Stroke in Animals - two novel treatments -- a basic compound found in every cell in the body and an extract of green tea -- may prevent brain damage caused from stroke, according to two studies in rats led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (01.02.07).
Pet Reduces Stress - study shows that a pet dog reduces stress for those caring for a brain-injured spouse.
Pioneering Treatment Helps Brain Injury Victim - two novel treatments - a groundbreaking new brain tissue stimulation treatment involving electrodes, a man left in a near vegetative state for six years after a brain injury is now making a dramatic recovery (08.06.07).
Progesterone Treatment for TBI (#2) - researchers have found that giving progesterone to trauma victims shortly following brain injury appears to be safe and may reduce the risk of death and the degree of disability (10.02.06).
Real Life Skills Retraining - real life skills "retraining" may be the most effective treatment following brain injury.
Reducing Vision Loss After TBI - computer-based technology that reduces vision loss caused by brain injury now available to U.S. patients for the first time.
Relearning After Brain Injury - breaking problems down into smaller steps can help substantially with learning, according to new research.
Sage Improves Memory - new research published in the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behaviour has proven that sage can improve memory.
Shaping Technique Effective - a behavior-based therapy called shaping may help brain injury patients to recover more efficiently than other treatments.
Synthetic Blood for TBI - studies have shown that increasing brain oxygen in such patients improves functional outcome (6.05.06).
Toolkit - the CDC offers a tool kit to raise physicians' awareness about the problem of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and to improve treatment for patients with MTBI.
Traumatic Brain Injury Legislation For Veterans Introduced - top Democrat and top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs joined forces to introduce new legislation which will help veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries (04.30.07).
Treatment for Brain Injury - a molecule combined with proprietary delivery technologies, could provide a practical means for treatment of patients with brain injury.
Treatment Window Widens - scientists report that a chemical injection after injury protects against additional brain cell death for a week or longer.
Chemical Compound Found In Tree Bark Stimulates Growth, Survival Of Brain Cells - 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 (10.08.07).
US Bars Brain Trauma Experts - U.S. experts in brain injury are not permitted to attend a global conference on coma and death in Cuba.
Widely Used Treatment for Head Injuries Found to be Harmful - use of anti-inflammatory drugs to treat patients with severe head injuries is actually dangerous and associated with around a 20% increase in death within two weeks of hospital admission.
