Category: Brain injury

Brain training induces lasting brain, mental health gains for veterans, civilians with brain injury

Ashley July 14, 2015 Comments Off

From the Center for BrainHealth media release: In the first study of its kind, veterans and civilians with traumatic brain injury showed improved cognitive performance and psychological and neural health… Read more »

Long-term memories are maintained by prion-like proteins

Ashley July 3, 2015 Comments Off

From the COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER media release: Research from Eric Kandel’s lab at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has uncovered further evidence of a system in the brain that persistently… Read more »

Study links brain inflammation triggered by chronic pain to anxiety and depression

Ashley June 23, 2015 Comments Off

From the University of California – Irvine media release: Brain inflammation caused by chronic nerve pain alters activity in regions that regulate mood and motivation, suggesting for the first time… Read more »

Star-shaped cells help blood vessels in the brain keep a grip on a healthy tone

Ashley June 11, 2015 Comments Off

From the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University media release: A star-shaped brain cell called an astrocyte appears to help keep blood pressure and blood flow inside the… Read more »

Head injuries could result in neurodegenerative disease in rugby union players

Ashley May 22, 2015 Comments Off

From the OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS media release: A new article publishing online today in the Quarterly Journal of Medicine has reported the first case showing an association between exposure to… Read more »

Can light therapy help the brain?

Ashley May 4, 2015 Comments Off

From the Veterans Affairs Research Communications media release: Following up on promising results from pilot work, researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System are testing the effects of light therapy… Read more »

Tango dancing benefits Parkinson’s patients

Ashley April 21, 2015 Comments Off

From the McGill University media release: Dancing the Argentine tango could have potential benefits for people at certain stages in the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to findings in… Read more »

Study finds that clot removal plus medication yields better outcomes than drug alone

Ashley April 16, 2015 Comments Off

From the Rush University Medical Center media release: Stroke is the leading cause of severe long-term disability in the United States, and less than 40 percent of patients who experience the… Read more »

Sweet nanoparticles target stroke

Ashley April 6, 2015 Comments Off

From the FECYT (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) media release: Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of nanoparticles known as buckyballs,… Read more »

Deuterated sigma-1 agonist showed anti-seizure activity in traumatic brain injury models

Ashley March 23, 2015 Comments Off

From the media release: Research results published in the Journal of Neurotrauma and conducted by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) as part of a collaboration with Concert Pharmaceuticals,… Read more »