Beyond symptomatic diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury
Concussion, 2023 Plain language summary It is commonly assumed that there is no brain injury if there are no noticeable symptoms following a head impact. There is growing evidence that traumatic brain injuries can occur with no outward symptoms and that the damage from ...
Alice Lux Fawzi, Christian Franck
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A retrospective autopsy-based survey of fatal traumatic brain injuries in Benin City, Nigeria
Ibom Medical Journal, 2023 Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is major cause of death in young adults. It results from external force to the head causing injury to the contents of the skull with or without damage to the skull itself.
Udoh MO, Ugiagbe EE
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Sports-related brain injury in the general population: An epidemiological study [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives To determine the incidence, nature and severity of all sports-related brain injuries in the general population. Design Population-based epidemiological incidence study.
Feigin, Valery L. +6 more
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Neurological consequences of traumatic brain injuries in sports. [PDF]
, 2015 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in boxing and other contact sports. The long term irreversible and progressive aftermath of TBI in boxers depicted as punch drunk syndrome was described almost a century ago and is now widely referred as chronic ...
Zetterberg, H +5 more
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Brain-lung interaction: a vicious cycle in traumatic brain injury [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2022 The brain-lung interaction can seriously affect patients with traumatic brain injury, triggering a vicious cycle that worsens patient prognosis. Although the mechanisms of the interaction are not fully elucidated, several hypotheses, notably the “blast ...
Ariana Alejandra Chacón-Aponte +7 more
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Postconcussion Syndrome / Disorder or Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: diagnostic issues and treatment
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 2015 Traumatic brain injury at the milder end of the spectrum is far more common than the moderate-severe spectrum. Mild traumatic injury (mTBI) accounts for approximately 80% of traumatic brain injuries [1].
Daniel Freedland
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Complex forensic medical evaluation of the traumatic brain injury: case of practice
Ukrainian Scientific Medical Youth Journal, 2021 The problem of studying the mechanisms of the occurrence of traumatic brain injury remains a very urgent issue for forensic medicine. The high incidence and high mortality rate of head injuries underlines its importance to experts. The article presents a
Svіtlana Diachenko +3 more
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White matter damage and cognitive impairment after traumatic brain injury [PDF]
, 2010 White matter disruption is an important determinant of cognitive impairment after brain injury, but conventional neuroimaging underestimates its extent.
Powell, Jane Hilary +34 more
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Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Brain Injury: From Pathophysiology to Therapeutics
Oxygen, 2023 Mitochondrial oxidative stress has been implicated in various forms of brain injury, both traumatic and non-traumatic. Due to its oxidative demand, the brain is intimately dependent on its mitochondrial functioning.
Andrew Nguyen +4 more
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The synapse in traumatic brain injury [PDF]
Brain, 2020 AbstractTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and is a risk factor for dementia later in life. Research into the pathophysiology of TBI has focused on the impact of injury on the neuron. However, recent advances have shown that TBI has a major impact on synapse structure and function through a combination of ...
Aimun A B Jamjoom +3 more
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