All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Hockey’s Sidney Crosby Finally Returns To Ice After Concussions

Posted on November 25th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

In what The New York Times called “the most closely chronicled concussion in hockey history,” Pittsburgh Penguin Sidney Crosby came back to the ice this week, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/sports/hockey/sidney-crosby-ready-for-return-to-ice.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=sidney%20crosby&st=cse Crosby was benched for roughly 10 1/2 months, recovering from concussions that he suffered Jan. 1 and Jan. 5 this year. As The Times pointed out,..
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Brain Injury Medicine Approved As A New Medical Subspecialty

Posted on November 24th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

There was a big step taken recently that will go a long way toward guaranteeing that brain injury patients get doctors who are thoroughly schooled in that field of medicine.  The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), which oversees the certification of physician specialists in the United States, has created a new subspecialty..
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Pilot Program Aims To Help Vets Live With TBI

Posted on October 30th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

“Brain injury is … a lifelong condition.” Truer words have never been spoken. In this case, the quote is from Cynthia Boyer, senior clinical director for Bancroft NeuroHealth in Haddonfield, N.J. Her remark comes from a Page One story that The Star-Ledger of Newark published earlier this month on a pilot rehab program..
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An Examination of Axonal Function and Damage

Posted on October 7th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Cells are Like Electrical Connections: The diagram  demonstrates the similarity (although of course on a much different scale) of the structure and purpose of a brain cell and that of an electrical connection. The cell body is similar to the switch. The axon is similar to the wires that connect..
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Axonal Injury Without a Blow to the Head

Posted on October 6th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Diffuse axonal injury can occur without any direct impact on the head, as it requires only the condition of rapid acceleration/deceleration such as takes place in whiplash injuries due to acceleration/deceleration resulting in rapid flexion-extension movement of the neck. However, the likelihood of significant diffuse axonal injury increases when the..
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The Structure of the Neuron

Posted on October 4th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The neuron is made up of several different components, but the portion of it which is most exposed to injury in a shear mechanism is the axon, the long thin protrusion which can extend substantial distances across different layers of the brain. The primary role of a neuron is for..
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Diffuse TBI – DAI

Posted on October 3rd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Brain injury can be both focal or diffuse, when diffuse it takes four principal forms, although only three of these forms involve patients who have any chance of survival. Diffuse axonal brain injury; for more information, click here. Diffuse hypoxic/anoxic/ischemic injury; Diffuse swelling and Diffuse vascular injury. Diffuse axonal injury..
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Focal Brain Injuries

Posted on September 20th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Diffuse versus Focal Injuries: “Contact phenomenon”, typically result in what is called a “focal” brain injury as opposed to a “diffuse” brain injury. The term “diffuse” is used to describe the situation where the pathology is spread throughout the brain. Focal Brain Injuries: Focal injuries are typically large enough that..
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Internal Mechanisms of Brain Injury

Posted on September 19th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

While we often picture the brain being injured as a result of the external force on the head, it is what happens inside the skull, which causes the “closed head injury”. The term “closed head injury” means an injury to the brain where the skull is not broken or penetrated...
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Mechanisms of Brain Injury

Posted on September 16th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

There are many events which can result in brain injury, such as a blow to the head, the head striking an object, a penetration of the skull such as in a gunshot, or particularly relevant to auto accident cases, by rapid acceleration and deceleration of the brain. In each of..
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