Brain training creates lasting change for TBI victims
Veterans and civilians with brain injury had lasting brain and mental health gains after receiving brain training....
read moreAfter concussion, women usually have worse memory problems than men...
Compared to men, women who have experienced a concussion are more likely than men to have ongoing memory problems....
read moreMany 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 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....
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