Recent Posts in January, 2010

• Sleeping drug impairs recovery after traumatic brain injury

  Jan 30, 2010
  Insomnia is common after traumatic brain injury and many survivors rely on medication to get to sleep. However, animal studies and studies of healthy ...
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• Long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury: A review of social, cognitive, neurological, and psychiatric outcomes

  Jan 30, 2010
  It is recognized that survivors of traumatic brain injury have to cope with numerous life challenges. The growing concern for the number of veterans ...
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• Children who are slow to recover from sports-related concussion need specialized rehabilitation

  Jan 30, 2010
  Some children and adolescents who suffer from a sports-related concussion may recover more slowly than adults. Therefore, clinical professionals have ...
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• What predicts short and long term quality of life after spinal cord injury?

  Jan 26, 2010
  Quality of life describes a person's sense of satisfaction in life and the ability to enjoy normal activities. Spinal cord injury may have tremendous ...
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• What happens to the brain after electrical injury?

  Jan 26, 2010
  Even when the head is not in direct contact with an electrical power source, head injuries can occur by means of an electrical surge to the peripheral ...
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• What can stem cells do for spinal cord injury?

  Jan 26, 2010
  One of the major consequences of spinal cord injury is death of neurons after the injury and the inability of surviving neurons to regenerate and ...
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• Measuring apathy after traumatic brain injury: Two assessment scales

  Jan 26, 2010
  Apathy is defined as indifference, or a reduced emotional, cognitive, and behavioral state. Apathy is common after traumatic brain injury-somewhere ...
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• Grassroots: BIAA Policy Corner E

  Jan 22, 2010
  This week has been a critical one for Health Care Reform. As many of you may know, there was a special election held in Massachusetts this week to ...
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