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astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, neurons) and the recruitment of various immune cells into the injury site (monocytes, neutrophils, B and T-cells). DAMPs bind to “pattern recognition receptors”, such as nucleotide-
My wife, Donna, has always been my main caregiver. She was with me from the very beginning of my brain injury. Her first acts of caregiving for me were to call 9-1-1 before I slipped into a coma and to advocate for me in the hospitals. Survivors need to realize how heroic their c...
1. Brain injury: epidemiology and pathophysiology. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2003;84 Suppl 1:S3–7. Article PubMed Google Scholar Hyder AA, Wunderlich CA, Puvanachandra P, Gururaj G, Kobusingye OC. The impact of traumatic brain injuries: a global perspective. NeuroRehabililitation. 2007;...
1. Brain injury: epidemiology and pathophysiology. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2003;84 Suppl 1:S3–7. Article PubMed Google Scholar Hyder AA, Wunderlich CA, Puvanachandra P, Gururaj G, Kobusingye OC. The impact of traumatic brain injuries: a global perspective. NeuroRehabililitation. 2007;...
“The difficulty with this approach, however, is that because the heart has been stopped, it has been deprived of oxygen, potentially causing injury. While DCD has been practiced for several years to retrieve organs such as the kidney, liver, lungs, and pancreas, the heart is more difficult...
It had been two weeks since a truck struck the 60 year-old and his injuries were devastating — including broken bones, blunt-force trauma and a severe head injury. When Jack’s family contacted me about seeing him, they were desperate. The doctors told them that he would never come out...
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More recently, it was shown that neurons in the dorsal part of the sensorimotor cortex, in the area typically associated with hand movements, are also activated during overt speech in people with spinal cord injury [88]. First investigations on the use of this activity to distinguish which ...
148]. Pilot studies of MNS applied to patients with acute brain injury showed that MNS improved the level of consciousness and long-term outcomes [149,150,151]. A large (N = 437) open-label study reproduced these preliminary findings in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, ...