If you’ve had an accident, been assaulted, fallen, or otherwise acquired a brain injury due to someone else’s negligence, life moving forward can be scary and confusing. Even the most mundane of tasks can be hard after a brain injury. Some of the most common brain injuries include: Con...
That’s why efforts toward prevention, diagnosis, and treatment are so crucial. Many brain diseases cannot be cured, and sudden brain injuries can have lasting effects. But for many conditions, from dementia-causing diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease to traumatic brain injury, scientists and he...
Traumatic Brain Injury Handbook: How a Near-Death Fall Led Me To Discover a New ConsciousnessWelsh, Marcia G. AUTHORLibrary Journal
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in severe motor function impairment, and subsequent recovery is often incomplete. Rehabilitative training is considered to promote restoration of the injured neural network, thus facilitating functional recovery. However, no studies have assessed the effect of such tra...
Despite the fundamental importance of understanding the brain’s wiring diagram, our knowledge of how neuronal connectivity is rewired by traumatic brain injury remains remarkably incomplete. Here we use cellular resolution whole-brain imaging to generat
Military psychiatry, a new subcategory of psychiatry, has become an invaluable, intangible effect of the war. In this review, we begin by examining related military research, summarizing the related epidemiological data, neuropathology, and the research
Part III presents the potential and challenges of using near-infrared light in the treatment of various brain disorders such as depression, dementia, traumatic brain injury, and Parkinson’s disease. This book uses straightforward language and offers practical guidance to help readers quickly develop ...
How can they get treatment when their injuries are hardly acknowledged. This has always been the problem with TBI. It is the invisible injury. Now tho the sheer number of our military with this reality is as frightening to me as the budget crisis. -Beth Vandenburg, Soldiers Angels Posted ...
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