Many retired NFL players have poor memory and brain shrinkage...
A new study has found that there is a strong link between long-term brain impairments and concussions in retired NFL players....
read moreInjectable hydrogel helps repair brain damage via stem cell therapy...
Mice with stroke-related brain damage demonstrated improvements in motor coordination within just weeks of being given injections of neural stem and progenitor cells enveloped in hydrogel....
read moreEmotional processing deficits linked to white matter damage
Scientists at the Kessler Foundation have linked the inability to recognize emotions in others (called “facial affect”) with white matter damage after TBI....
read moreDegenerative brain condition symptoms seen in retired football players...
Neurologists looked at the brains of 14 retired NFL players and found that they all had a “fingerprint” characteristic of chronic traumatic encephalopathy....
read moreSteroids rapidly restore blood-brain barrier after TBI
A study from Columbia Engineering has found that giving soldiers steroids right after a blast injury occurs may help rapidly restore the blood-brain barrier’s function....
read moreNew study helps diagnose concussions in youth athletes
Canadian researchers studied 50 adolescents (15 with concussions) and found that although standard neuropsychological tests showed no significant differences between the two groups, fMRIs measuring brain activity during a navigational memory test could tell the difference....
read moreTBI blood test may not be feasible after all
Identifying biomarkers that detect TBI may not be feasible, as once thought, because the brain’s waste removal system might affect the amount of proteins that can reach the blood system. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150113184141.htm...
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