POSTS TAGGED AS traumatic brain injury

Transporter Protein that “Swims” to Brain Injury

Researchers discover the collaborative mechanism between neurons and glia that drives the proliferation of neural stem cells following brain injury
“The [MORE]

Implantable Sensor for Monitoring Brain Injury

Scientists test promising biosensor to detect changes due to traumatic brain injury
“In the event of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), [MORE]

Photobiomodulation for Dementia

Infrared therapy- casting dementia treatment in a new light
“Researchers [ at Durham University, UK]  have found that transcranial photobiomodulation therapy [MORE]

Artificial Proteins for “Smart” Cells

LOCKR responds to changes in cellular environment
Describing their engineered protein as “a latch, a cage, a key, and a bioactive [MORE]

Neural Speech Prostheses

Brain machine interface for speech impaired people
This report may be related to DARPA’s “silent speech” project.  “Researchers at UC San [MORE]

“Tauopathy” as a Consequence of Repeated Concussions

Tau Protein
Football players who have sustained repeated concussions, soldier suffering from traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s patients seem to have [MORE]

Brain-on-a-Chip

Brain-on-a-Chip
About half of all traumatic brain injuries involve damage to neural axons, and result in a range of [MORE]

Brain Implant to Restore Memory

Brain Testing
Brain stimulators, for example Medtronic’s implantable “brain pacemaker” to control the tremors of Parkinson’s disease, already exist, but DARPA [MORE]

Automated Anesthesiology

In January, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head by a would-be assassin. To deal with the [MORE]

Handheld Brain Hematoma Detector

InfraScan
Bleeding inside the brain after a traumatic event can be life threatening and very hard to detect in the [MORE]

Voice App Analysis of Concussion

In order to diagnose concussions at the point-of-trauma, computer scientists at the University of Notre Dame have developed a [MORE]

Individuality of Concussions

About 30% of mild concussions cause permanent impairment, but which patients are likely to have that outcome at the [MORE]

Noninvasive Assessment of Brain Pressure

Measuring Intracranial Pressure with Ultrasound
Intracranial pressure above 20 mmHg, as might happen from bleeding or swelling, often is a [MORE]

Traumatic Brain Injury Reseach

Don DuRousseau, CEO and Senior Scientist at Human Bionics LLC,   discusses issues of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and the [MORE]