Browse the latest research summaries in the field of brain injury for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Cell Transplantation, 2017 • July 1, 2017
This study investigates gene expression patterns in the brain after spinal cord injury (SCI) in mice, focusing on acute (3 hours) and subacute (2 weeks) phases post-injury. Transcriptome analysis reve...
KEY FINDING: At the acute phase after SCI, the oxidative phosphorylation pathway in the brain is affected, indicating impaired energy production.
Restor Neurol Neurosci, 2017 • January 1, 2017
The study determined that the modality and onset of rehabilitation differentially influenced sensory hypersensitivity and plasma CORT levels in sham and diffuse brain-injured rats. Deprivation during ...
KEY FINDING: Deprivation therapy during week two elicited significantly greater sensory hypersensitivity compared to week one.
Neuroscience, 2018 • April 1, 2018
The study aimed to determine if multiple mild traumatic brain injuries in juvenile mice lead to disrupted sleep cycles in adulthood, and if this effect is prevented by an enriched environment (EE). Th...
KEY FINDING: Repeated mild TBIs in juvenile mice did not significantly alter basal or homeostatic sleep responses in adulthood under standard laboratory conditions.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This study reports on a male patient with memory impairment who showed injury of the Papez circuit following TSCI and concomitant mild TBI. DTT revealed injury of the left thalamocortical tract and th...
KEY FINDING: The patient with TSCI and mild TBI showed memory impairment.
Brain Inj., 2018 • January 1, 2018
The study focused on unemployed individuals with TBI living in the community who expressed interest in improving their psychological well-being. The research found that this group experienced cognitiv...
KEY FINDING: Participants with TBI showed significant cognitive impairment and high levels of emotional distress.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2018 • January 1, 2018
This retrospective study examined the occurrence and severity of co-occurring traumatic brain injury (TBI) in persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and described differences in functional ou...
KEY FINDING: Forty-one percent of persons with traumatic SCI experienced co-occurring TBI.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2018 • October 1, 2018
Depression is a significant long-term complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can impair cognitive function and overall quality of life. The underlying cause of this increased depression ris...
KEY FINDING: TBI-induced inflammation, characterized by elevated cytokines, is a potential mechanism for post-TBI depression.
Concussion, 2016 • August 8, 2016
This study investigated healthcare utilization and costs for mTBI patients awaiting tertiary care, revealing a significant number of healthcare provider visits during the wait period. The study found ...
KEY FINDING: Males reported an average of 37 healthcare provider visits, while females reported 30, costing over $500,000 Canadian dollars for potentially excess care in one year.
Medicine, 2019 • February 1, 2019
This study reports two cases of patients with mild TBI who developed headaches due to injury of the spinothalamic tract (STT). Diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) revealed narrowing or discontinuation...
KEY FINDING: DTT scans revealed narrowing of the spinothalamic tract (STT) in both hemispheres of both patients.
Health Psychol, 2019 • May 1, 2019
This study evaluated mode-of-administration effects in a sample of participants with SCI or TBI for whom interviewer-administered measures may be an especially important option. Adults with SCI or TBI...
KEY FINDING: PROMIS instruments demonstrated measurement equivalence across interviewer- administered and self-administered conditions.