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Long Term Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
I was recently sent an article entitled "Long-Term Cognitive and Emotional Consequences of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury" that was published in Psychological Medicine, 1-15 (2010). There, the objective of the study investigated the long-term cognitive emotion sequelae of mild traumatic brain injury.
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Used to Detect Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in US Military Personnel
The use of diffusion tensor imaging to diagnose mild traumatic brain injury received a large boost this week with the publication of an article entitled "Detection of Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Military Personnel" published in the New England Journal of Medicine (N ENGL J MED 364:22 June 2, 2011). In the article, researchers from Washington University's School of Medicine, the...
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How Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Affect Your Ability To Work
I have previously written about the research conducted by Sir Graham Teasdale. Dr. Teasdale and his colleagues followed a large group of patients who had sustained severe, moderate and mild traumatic brain injuries and measured the effect of those injuries on the individual's ability to work. Dr. Teasdale and his fellow researchers found that even ten years post accident people with mild TBI were