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·March 20, 2015·2 min read

Smell Test Could Determine Troops with TBI

Testing the sense of smell can be used to assess memory impairment following blast related TBI, a new study reports.

This image shows increased tight junction immunostaining 1 day after blast injury due to dexamethasone (DEX) treatment.

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·March 11, 2015·5 min read

Steroids Rapidly Restore Blood-Brain Barrier Function after Blast

Treatment with dexamethasone after a primary blast injury promoted fast recovery in an in vitro model of the BBB.

The image shows how the eye movements returned to normal after surgery.

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·December 16, 2014·4 min read

New Technology Advances Eye Tracking as Biomarker for Brain Function and Brain Injury

New technology has been developed which can assess the location and impact of a brain injury by tracking eye movements.

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·December 3, 2014·4 min read

TBI can Disrupt Glymphatic System and Accelerate Dementia

A new study reports TBI can disrupt the function of the glymphatic system, causing a build up of toxic proteins in the brain and accelerating neurodegeneration.

This image shows MRI brain scans taken from the study.

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·November 24, 2014·3 min read

Test Detects Early Brain Damage in Football Players

Researchers use an enhanced MRI approach to identify significant changes to the blood-brain barrier in professional football players following a concussion.

This image shows a CT scan of a person with a TBI.

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·November 13, 2014·4 min read

Picture Emerges of How Kids Get Head Injuries

A new report offers deeper understanding of how children most frequently suffer head injuries.

This image shows a CT of the head years after a traumatic brain injury showing an empty space where the damage occurred.

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·November 11, 2014·3 min read

Enriched Environments Hold Promise for Brain Injury Patients

According to a new study, an 'enriched environment' can help in rehabilitation for those with TBI.

This image shows a bar chart and brain slices which show the cortical lesion volume after tbi and tpa treatment.

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·October 7, 2014·4 min read

Stroke Fighting Drug Offers Potential Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment

A new study reports that a drug used to help treatment the crippling effects of stokes also shows potential for healing similar damage in TBI.

This image shows the head researcher looking at the model of a skull and sitting next to a computer.

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·September 30, 2014·5 min read

Researchers Show EEG’s Potential to Reveal Depolarizations Following TBI

Researchers show spreading depolarization can be measured noninvasively in TBI patients using EEG technology.

This image shows a brain colored blue, surrounded by circles representing blast waves.

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·September 29, 2014·5 min read

Modeling Shockwaves Through the Brain

Researchers develop a new scaling law which predicts a human's risk of blast-related TBI, based on previous studies of blast injuries on animal brains.