traumatic brain injury Research Articles

Traumatic brain injury impairs hormone production, disrupting sleep, cognition, and memory

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 21, 2020

Growth hormone replacement therapy for those with mild traumatic brain injury helped improve cognition, anxiety, and depression while reducing fatigue and sleep disturbances. ... Read More...

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Antipsychotics associated with increased risk of head & brain injuries in persons with Alzheimer’s disease

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 16, 2020

Alzheimer's patients who used antipsychotics had a 29% increased risk of head injury and a 22% higher risk of TBI compared to others with the neurodegenerative disease who did not use the medications.... Read More...

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Lifetime suicide risk factors identified

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 16, 2020

Analyzing previous studies, researchers have identified the effects of individual and environmental risk factors for suicide over a person's lifespan. The risk factors, researchers report, change throughout a person's lifetime.... Read More...

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Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 15, 2020

Daily, early morning exposure to blue light therapy can help the healing process in people suffering from mild traumatic brain injury.... Read More...

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Using gene therapy to treat CTE

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 3, 2020

A newly developed adeno-associated virus vector can deliver an anti-p Tau antibody directly to the hippocampus, significantly reducing pTau levels associated with CTE.... Read More...

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Ketogenic diet reduces aggression after concussion

Neuroscience NewsDecember 28, 2019

Male fruit flies fed a ketone supplemented diet expressed reduced levels of aggression following concussion than those who were not exposed to the dietary intervention.... Read More...

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New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI

Neuroscience NewsNovember 15, 2019

Transplanting embryonic progenitor interneurons into the hippocampus of mouse models of TBI, researchers noticed the neurons migrated to the injury site and made new connections. Following treatment, memory improved and seizures were reduced.... Read More...

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How brain injury can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder

Neuroscience NewsNovember 4, 2019

Traumatic brain injury caused five times as many neurons in the amygdala to be active during white noise exposure in rats. Altered sensory processing within subcortical sensory-emotional networks following TBI impacts the facilitation of traumatic memory and may contribute to the development of PTSD.... Read More...

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Study identifies brain injury as a cause of dementia in some older adults

Neuroscience NewsOctober 23, 2019

MRI neuroimaging can distinguish between memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Using new image analysis software, researchers discovered TBI causes the most amount of damage to the ventral diencephalon, a brain area associated with memory and learning, and the least amount of atrophy to the hippocampus, a brain region most impacted by Alzheimer's.... Read More...

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Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD

Neuroscience NewsOctober 11, 2019

21% of veterans who experience PTSD or traumatic brain injury suffer from a rare sleep condition that affects less than 1% of the general population. The condition, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), is characterized by an impairment of sleep-related muscle paralysis, causing people to act out dreams during REM sleep. The uncontrolled actions often cause harm to the sufferer of their partners. ... Read More...

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Peptide hydrogels could help heal traumatic brain injuries

Neuroscience NewsAugust 30, 2019

A newly developed peptide hydrogel could help repair some of the damage caused by a traumatic brain injury. In rat models, the hydrogel improved the survival of brain cells, resulting in twice as many neurons at the injury site than in the control rats with TBI. Researchers reported new blood vessels also grew. ... Read More...

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White matter affects how people respond to brain stimulation therapy

Neuroscience NewsAugust 30, 2019

Microscopic alterations in white matter may affect how patients with neurological conditions respond to non-invasive electrical brain stimulation.... Read More...

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traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury impairs hormone production, disrupting sleep, cognition, and memory

Antipsychotics associated with increased risk of head & brain injuries in persons with Alzheimer’s disease

Lifetime suicide risk factors identified

Blue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injury

Using gene therapy to treat CTE

Ketogenic diet reduces aggression after concussion

New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI

How brain injury can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder

Study identifies brain injury as a cause of dementia in some older adults

Rare sleep disorder common among veterans with PTSD

Peptide hydrogels could help heal traumatic brain injuries

White matter affects how people respond to brain stimulation therapy