Longtime aide to Rosalynn Carter on her decades-long work advocating for caregivers and mental health care

WABE / PBS

On Wednesday, edition of the “Closer Look” Cade talked with Rose about Carter’s life and legacy and her decades-long work for advocating for caregivers and the reduction of stigma surrounding mental health.

Posted on BrainLine June 5, 2023.

NFL kickoff returns are fading away

Axios

NFL owners on Tuesday approved a rule change wherein a kickoff that is fair caught anywhere behind the 25-yard line will get placed on the 25. In the past, it would get placed at the spot of the fair catch (and thus, almost never happened), and kickoffs were only placed at the 25 on a touchback. The impetus for the change was a surge in concussions on kickoff returns, with nearly twice as many last year (19) as there were in 2020 (10).

Posted on BrainLine May 26, 2023.

Canadian researcher helps define new standards for diagnosing concussions

The Toronto Star

Remembering what happened after she hit her head on the ice while playing hockey is tough for Meg Kerekes, but she knows how that particular headache felt — “like a one-pound weight on the spot that got hit.”

Posted on BrainLine May 26, 2023.

Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) with JadiCell Universal Adult Stem Cells

Business Wire

Therapeutic Solutions International (TSOI) announced the creation of CTE Biologics, Inc. as a subsidiary company dedicated to commercializing the JadiCell adult stem cell platform for treatment of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Posted on BrainLine May 26, 2023.

Legalizing MDMA for PTSD Treatment: Phase 3 Clinical Trial Results

Psychiatrist.com

Scientists believe the so-called “party drug” MDMA may be able to speed recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MDMA, also known as “ecstasy” or “molly,” is short for the chemical compound 3,4-Methyl​enedioxy​methamphetamine. In recent years, the drug has been the subject of intense clinical testing.

Posted on BrainLine May 24, 2023.

Mechanism That Regulates PTSD in the Female Brain Revealed

Technology Networks

From humans to plants to single-cell organisms, there’s a protein that rules them all. This protein does general housekeeping of the cells, regulating them through normal daily functions.Virginia Tech researchers found that one specific form of this ubiquitous protein has a different function in the female brains – it helps regulate events in the memory that cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Posted on BrainLine May 23, 2023.

My family was told I may not survive a brain injury. The guitar helped me recover

CBC

Before the first hospital came the rolling of the Toyota Land Cruiser and my body being thrown into the ditch with a thud. I sustained a traumatic brain injury. I was 24. Doctors told my family I could die. If I recovered, they said, it would likely be at about a six-year-old's level of development. 

Posted on BrainLine May 23, 2023.

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