LearningRx1 TBI/Concussion | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 8

Noninvasive drug delivery method could treat TBI damage

Sep 2, 2016 by

A new study has found that a peptide could target and repair brain tissue after TBI. The research was done by delivering the drug intravenously into mice, rather than through a direct injection into the brain....

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Cognitive Training with Supplemental Digital Delivery for Soldiers with TBI: Functional Results...

Sep 1, 2016 by

Abstract: As part of the quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest feasibility study with 11 soldiers between 3 and 36 months post traumatic brain injury, researchers collected personal pre-intervention goals from each participant. At the completion of the study, researchers collected self-reported improvements...

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Cognitive Training with Supplemental Digital Delivery for Soldiers with TBI...

Aug 30, 2016 by

A Feasibility Study of One-On-One Cognitive Training with Supplemental Digital Delivery for Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury   Abstract: In this quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest feasibility study, 11 soldiers between 3 and 36 months post traumatic brain injury completed half of ThinkRx through...

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Concussions leaves mark in brain’s white matter 6 months later...

Aug 23, 2016 by

A new study found that athletes who feel they have recovered from a concussion may still experience long-term brain changes....

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Training the Brain: Beyond Vision Therapy

Aug 23, 2016 by

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the ThinkRx cognitive training program. Sixty-one children (ages 6–18) were given pretest and post-test assessments using seven batteries from the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Tests of...

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Advanced imaging predicts concussion outcomes

Jul 28, 2016 by

Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine were able to predict which concussion patients would fully recover and which wouldn’t....

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Athletes with psychological pain take longer to recover from concussion...

Jun 24, 2016 by

Research published in “Neurology” suggests that athletes who complain of aches and pains that have no physical cause take longer to recover from concussion....

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