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6 Things You Need To Know About CTE

6 Things You Need To Know About ChronicTraumatic Encephalopathy or CTE

There is a lot of misinformation our there. Here is what researchers currently know about chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.

Cutting Edge Research in Stem Cell Therapy: An Expert Interview

Cutting Edge Research in Stem Cell Therapy For Traumatic Brain Injury

There are some promising trails for stem cell therapy in stroke - how have those progressed, and how does this relate to brain injury treatment?

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Why Is It So Important to Talk About Emotional and Psychological Recovery After Brain Injury?

Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer talks about why it's important to talk openly with people affected by brain injury about emotional and psychological recovery in addition to medical and physical recovery.

Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

Topic:

Behavioral & Emotional Symptoms

Depression

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Rehabilitation

Why Do We Need People to Donate Their Brains?

Why We Need People to Donate Their Brains

Dr. Perl explains two major reasons we need people to donate their brains.

Daniel P. Perl, MD

Topic:

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

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Cerebral Hypoxia

Oxygen is our lifeblood. Learn how a decrease of oxygen supply to the brain can occur after TBI.

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Study Reveals Gaps in Follow Up Care After Concussion

A large proportion of patients with mTBI do not receive follow-up care after injury even when they experience ongoing postconcussive symptoms.

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Selecting a Complementary Health Practitioner: Credentialing, Licensing, and Education

Find the right specialist.

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Is Rest Best After Concussion?

“You’re supposed to rest after concussion.” This advice has been given countless times to patients recovering from concussion. How did we get here, what is the evidence that brought us here, and what does the evolving evidence actually tell us?

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Memory Problems: When Am I Going to Get Better?

Memory Problems After Brain Injury: When Am I Going to Get Better?

Dr. David Arciniegas explains why recovery predictions are so difficult to make and what he looks at to predict where recovery is likely to go.

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Can Primary Care Providers Treat Memory Problems After TBI?

Many primary care physicians don't believe they are the right person to provide care for a person with a brain injury. Dr. David Arciniegas explains why this is not true.

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A Comprehensive Review of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for Brain Injury

This review summarizes 40 years of clinical and pre-clinical research on the treatment of acute severe brain injury with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2).

Is the Time Right for Alternative Therapies?

Faced with a condition for which mainstream medicine has no satisfactory treatment, what should a reasonable and prudent person do? Accept the dismal verdict or cautiously explore alternatives?

What Is the Glasgow Coma Scale?

This standard scale measures levels of consciousness in a person following a brain injury. Learn how it works.

Best Practices Lacking for Managing TBI in Geriatric Patients

Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Epidemiology, Outcomes, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Directions

The lack of evidence-based, geriatric-specific traumatic brain injury guidelines presents barriers to optimal care for older adults that suffer a TBI.

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Who Are the Rehab Specialists?

This resource is a glossary that describes the different types of rehabilitation specialists.

Can Saliva Be Used to Identify Prolonged Concussion Symptoms in Children?

Salivary microRNA levels may represent an accurate, objective, and easily collected measure of prolonged concussion symptom risk.

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Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) Test

This screening tool can be used for the initial evaluation and diagnosis of people who have or may have had a concussion.

¿Cuáles son las causas y los factores de riesgo para el traumatismo cerebral?

Las causas de la TBI pueden abarcar desde las caídas hasta los accidentes automovilísticos. Entérese más.

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What are the Signs and Symptoms of Concussion?

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of a Concussion?

Some concussion symptoms may appear right away. Others may not be noticed for days or weeks after the injury.

¿Cuáles son los signos y síntomas del traumatismo cerebral?

Los síntomas de una TBI pueden ser leves, moderados o graves, dependiendo de la magnitud de los daños al cerebro.

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Study Links a Clear Molecular Relationship Between TBI and CTE

Cis P-tau is induced in clinical and preclinical brain injury and contributes to post-injury sequelae

A Harvard Medical School study published in Nature Communications shows a molecular relationship between TBI and CTE but also a possible treatment mechanism — just not one that can be used to treat humans quite yet.

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Living with an Invisible Disability

None of these challenges is blatant to the naked eye, but spend a bit of time with me, and you’ll learn soon enough that I’m not as normal as I look. Such is the nature of being invisibly disabled.

Study Calls for New Approach to Studying Concussion

Concussion As a Multi-Scale Complex System

Understanding the puzzling and complex nature of concussion and how to treat it will take a whole new way of approaching the problem, according to new research led by Portland State University.

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Mind-Body Practices: An Overview

An approach that treats the whole person.

Phospho Tau As a Diagnostic Biomarkers for Acute and Chronic TBI

Study evaluates the use of phospho-tau levels, total-tau levels, and the phospho tau–total tau ratio as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in patients with traumatic brain injury.

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