Posts Tagged ‘brain injury’
How brain reacts to surprise is surprising
BROWN (US) — Primates learn from feedback that surprises them, and in a recent investigation of how that happens, neurosurgeons have learned that neurons in two important structures handle both good and bad surprises. Continue…
Monday, December 12, 2011 10:29 - 5 Comments
Top Stories - Oct 13, 2011 13:28 - 2 Comments
Headaches send troops home from Iraq
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Headaches triggered by combat brain injuries, heavy helmets, and other stressors are among the top causes of medical evacuation of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 21, 2011 14:44 - 3 Comments
After brain injury, add antidepressants
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Antidepressants may help spur the creation and survival of new brain cells after brain injury, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 19, 2010 16:23 - 1 Comment
Head blow-by-blow of college football
BROWN (US) — The scores are in: Defensive linemen take the most hits to the head in college football. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 30, 2010 16:13 - 0 Comments
Kids with injured brains tell shorter stories
U. CHICAGO (US)—Children with brain lesions have difficulty developing storytelling skills even though other language abilities, such as vocabulary, tend to catch up with other children as they mature, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 7, 2010 12:54 - 2 Comments
Depression, brain injury go hand-in-hand
U. WASHINGTON (US)—More than half of adults who suffer a traumatic brain injury develop major depression in the following year, according to a new study, but less than 50 percent of them receive antidepressant medications or counseling. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2010 17:54 - 1 Comment
Gestures linked to language development
U. CHICAGO (US)—Children with brain injuries may use gesture to signal they need help in developing language, research shows. The children who make the fewest gestures early in development also develop spoken vocabulary more slowly. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 20, 2010 13:28 - 0 Comments
Exercise relieves concussion symptoms
U. BUFFALO—A controlled individualized exercise training program can bring athletes and others suffering with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) back to the playing field or to their daily activities, new research finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2009 13:30 - 1 Comment
Progesterone’s double life
EMORY (US)—Twenty-five years ago neuroscientist Donald Stein began to suspect that women’s brains differed from men’s when it came to recovering from traumatic brain injuries. Specifically, Stein observed that female lab rats recovered more readily than males—thanks to progesterone. (more…)
