TBI in older adults linked to greater dementia risk
For adults aged 55 and older, a traumatic brain injury may be linked to an increased risk of dementia....
read moreMultiple head injuries within days can keep brain from tapping its energy source...
Just two serious hits to the head within days of each other can hurt the brain’s ability to use sugar to repair damaged cells....
read moreInjury to brain “hubs” does more damage than farther from hubs...
Research from the University of Iowa have discovered that injury affects the brain more when it damages the hubs....
read morePaper in Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
A Pilot Study Evaluating Attention and Strategy Training Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury:...
read moreRecovering from TBI heavily influenced by BDNF gene
Just one change in the sequence of the BDNF gene can cause some TBI victims to be more impaired than others with the same wounds....
read morePredicting memory deficits after brain injury
Researchers at the Kessler Foundation have identified predictors of prospective memory impairment after TBIs....
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