Dr. Ali Rezai and team performed the first deep brain stimulation on a patient with traumatic brain injury. In a condition called minimal consciousness resulting in improved arousal, cognition, motor function, attention and interaction.
First DBS For Severe Brain Injury Minimal Consciousness
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A short preview of lecture A-123 ‘CNS Traum and Neurovascular Injury’, from the session ‘CNS Emergencies’ at ECR 2014, given by H.A. Rowley from Madison, USA.
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Arun S. Chhabra, MD, of Rush University Medical Center, advises that upon referral to a psychiatric specialist, neurologists should follow up with patients to discuss concussion-related concerns that the patient may not feel comfortable discussing with the psychiatric specialist. ...
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Rejean M. Guerriero, DO, of Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, found that children younger than 10 years old recover faster from concussion than those older than 10, a difference that may be the result of more preexisting comorbidities that inhibit ...
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Allen Brown, M.D., Associate Professor of PM&R at Mayo Clinic discusses the clinical management of concussive brain injuries. Customized treatment is based upon their unique circumstances.
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How does brain injury affect memory? Learn about memory impairment following brain injury in this video featuring NeuroRestorative’s Tori Harding. Following a brain injury, the deeply embedded and long-term memories usually remain intact while short-term memory may significantly be ...
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The ImPACT tool is most effective in the comparative assessment of a patient's neurocognitive state before a concussion actually occurs. Postinjury care is critical and the baseline ImPACT test can help our experts manage the injury more accurately.
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Dr. Gordon Horn explains the cognitive, emotional and social components that impact personality. As a Neuropsychologist, Dr. Horn works with individuals and families to evaluate, stabilize, and optimize personality changes so individuals can continue their rehabilitative progress. ...
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability among young adults. While improvements in safety and emergency response times have increased TBI survival, this has heightened the need for reliable methods to identify patients at risk ...
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Traumatic Brain Injury Mimics Alzheimer's: Undetected TBI Revealed in PET Scans By Robert G. Carroll, MD...
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Allen Brown, M.D., Associate Professor of PM&R at Mayo Clinic discusses traumatic brain injury model systems and data.
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Dr Anthony Kehoe - Changing faces: the inconvenient truth about major trauma in the UK...
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Dr. Erin Bigler, Brigham Young University, and Attorney Gordon Johnson discuss brain anatomy and the different parts of the brain that can be damaged when subjected to trauma.
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Dr. Anthony Panettiere says that sleep problems after TBI and/or PTSD are common including difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up too early, nightmares, and sleep apnea.
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