A TBI can increase your chances of some other conditions. For example, studies have shown that people who’ve had a traumatic brain injury are more likely to have a stroke later in life than those who haven't. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) CTE is a brain disorder that gets worse ...
Intracerebral bleeding:Intracerebral bleeding occurs within the brain tissue itself. Sometimes the amount of bleeding is small, but like bruising in any other part of the body, swelling oredemamay occur over some time, causing a progressive decrease in the level of consciousness and other symptoms ...
Scientists have long believed that a single traumatic brain injury (TBI) earlier in life may contribute to problems with memory, thinking and depression later in life. In most previous studies, however, research failed to examine the possible role of having a history of exposure to repetitive hea...
A thorough understanding of the relationship between cognitive test performance and symptoms of depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is important given the high prevalence of these emotional symptoms following injury. It is also impo...
(age 8‒15 years) with ADHD; administration of a drink containing L-theanine and caffeine (2.5 mg/kg and 2 mg/kg, respectively) improved cognitive function, inhibitory control, and reduced mind-wandering (“daydreaming”) compared with placebo, whereas L-theanine alone only improved cognition...
The increased odds of risk behaviour associated with TBI relative to no injury replicated previous research. However, the inclusion of a non-brain-related injury group adds evidence for a possible causal pathway between mild TBI in youth and later hazardous alcohol use only. This highlights the ...
No Linear Association Between Number of Concussions or Years Played and Cognitive Outcomes in Retired NFL Players Sports Medicine - Potential links between a history of sport-related concussions and later-life neurobiological and psychological brain health have been st... L Fields,N Didehbani,J Hart...
In addition to MDD, there are several other kinds of depression, including: Persistent depressive disorder (PDD),previously known as dysthymia, is diagnosed in people who have at least two of the symptoms of major depression for at least two years at a time, according toCleveland Clinic. It’...
One yoga instructor details the freak accident that caused her traumatic brain injury, and how she discovered that her TBI symptoms were more than a concussion.
Predictors of sexual functioning and satisfaction 1 year following traumatic brain injury: a TBI model systems multicenter study. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2013;28(3):186-194. doi:10.1097/HTR.0b013e31828b4f91PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 12. Ponsford J. Sexual changes associated with traumatic ...