by Ken Kingery, Duke University Credit: Duke University Researchers at Duke University have captured days-long time-lapse videos of young neural cells moving and growing within a novel 3D synthetic biocompatible structure. By literally watching how the cells respond to natural biochemical signals embedded within the material, biomedical engineers hope to develop biogels that can repair...
by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The first therapy to be developed specifically for post-traumatic headache significantly reduced related disability in veterans following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It also reduced co-occurring symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comparably to a gold-standard PTSD treatment. Moreover, the innovative treatment,...
by Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Neurons (in red) and brain glial cells (in green) are illuminated in the fly brain. Credit: Rhiner Lab, The Champalimaud Foundation. One of the most devastating aspects of stroke and traumatic brain injury is that the neurons we lose are never replaced. This means that depending on the injury...
by Gladstone Institutes A team of researchers led by Jeanne Paz (left) and Stephanie Holden (right) points to a potential new treatment that could prevent the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury. Credit: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes You’ve been in a car accident and sustained a head injury. You recovered, but years later you begin having difficulty...
(HealthDay)—A self-directed brain training app may be effective for improving cognitive impairment following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), according to a study published online July 27 in Brain. Henry W. Mahncke, Ph.D., from Posit Science Corporation in San Francisco, and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of a self-administered computerized plasticity-based cognitive training program among 149 veterans with...
ELIFE Hormones released after a brain injury contributes to movement problems on the left and right sides of the body shows a study in rats published today in eLife. The results also suggest that hormone-blocking treatments may help counteract these effects, a finding that has implications for treating people with traumatic brain injuries or stroke....
by National Research Council of Science & Technology Mechanism of action of inflammatory activation enzymes of Hevin-calcyon interaction. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Patients with brain injury (caused by stroke or trauma) primarily rely on rehabilitation therapy for recovery, as there are no other known effective treatment methods. The rate of recovery from brain...
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: MECHANISM OF ACTION OF INFLAMMATORY ACTIVATION ENZYMES OF HEVIN-CALCYON INTERACTION CREDIT: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY(KIST) Patients with brain injury (caused by stroke or trauma) primarily rely on rehabilitation therapy for recovery, as there are no other known effective treatment methods. The rate of recovery from brain injury...
“Traumatic brain injury is a major risk factor for dementia, but the reason this is the case has remained mysterious,” said Ted Allison, co-author and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science. “Through this research, we have discovered one important way they are linked—namely, post-injury seizures.” Image credit: pixy.org, CC0 Public Domain “There is currently...
by Beck Lockwood, University of Birmingham Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Assessing the ability of unresponsive patients with severe brain injury to understand what is being said to them could yield important insights into how they might recover, according to new research. A team at the University of Birmingham has shown that responses to speech can be measured...
