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Subconcussive blows and soccer: what’s the headache?
As the fall sports ramps up, teen athletes across the country are donning shin guards and cleats, prepping to return to their beloved sport—soccer. A handful, however, are foregoing the ritual. One child sitting on the sidelines is the 13-year old daughter of Ken Reed, sports policy director of the League of Fans. Reed and his wife decided the risk of short- and long-term brain damage from subconcussive blows to the head outweighed the benefits of the sport. They pulled their daughter from the field, a decision Reed shared on this recent Huffington Post blog. Thriving checked with William Meehan, MD, director of Boston C...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - September 25, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: All posts Concussions Orthopedics Sports & exercise athlete and concussion Bill Meehan soccer injuries Sports Concussion Clinic Source Type: news

Concussion secrets unveiled in mice and people
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) There is more than meets the eye following even a mild traumatic brain injury. While the brain may appear to be intact, new findings reported in Nature suggest that the brain's protective coverings may feel the brunt of the impact.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Scientists film early concussion damage and describe brain's response to injury
There is more than meets the eye following even a mild traumatic brain injury. While the brain may appear to be intact, new findings reported in Nature suggest that the brain's protective coverings may feel the brunt of the impact.Using a newly developed mouse trauma model, senior author Dorian McGavern, Ph.D., scientist at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, watched specific cells mount an immune response to the injury and try to prevent more widespread damage.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

NIH and NFL tackle concussion research
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) The National Institutes of Health has selected eight projects to receive support to answer some of the most fundamental problems on traumatic brain injury, including understanding long-term effects of repeated head injuries and improving diagnosis of concussions. Funding is provided by the Sports and Health Research Program, a partnership among the NIH, the National Football League, and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

What Causes Ataxia?
Discussion Coordination and balance problems are caused by various problems affecting the central and peripheral nervous system. Normal development of a child or weakness of a child are commonly mistaken for true ataxia. Ataxia specifically refers to “…impairment of the coordination of movement without loss of muscle strength.” If it is purely due to abnormalities of the cerebellum then there should be no changes in mental status, sensation or weakness. Sometimes it is difficult to determine if there are abnormalities in other areas. For example, Guillian-Barre often presents with difficulty or clumsy wal...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 31, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Approach to acute ataxia in childhood: diagnosis and evaluation.
Abstract Ataxia refers to motor incoordination that is usually most prominent during movement or when a child is attempting to maintain a sitting posture. The first part of the review focuses on the anatomic localization of ataxia - both within the nervous system and without - using a combination of historical features and physical findings. The remainder of the review discusses etiological considerations that vary depending on the age group under consideration. In infancy, certain specific diseases, such as opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome, must receive special mention because the underlying disease process m...
Source: Pediatric Annals - April 1, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sivaswamy L Tags: Pediatr Ann Source Type: research

What Causes Memory Problems?
The cause of memory problems matters for trying to improve them. In this post, we're exploring the three main causes of memory problems and how each affects your brain.read more
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - May 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Diane Roberts Stoler, Ed.D. Tags: Depression Health Memory Neuroscience Alzheimer ' s disease aneurysm brain tumor concussion dementia dopamine MS multiple sclerosis Neglect neuromodulators Parkinson stroke TBI trauma traumatic brain injury Source Type: news

Fruits And Vegetables May Not Prevent Cancer
BOSTON (CBS) – Who hasn’t heard that eating a lot of fruits and vegetables can help you fend off cancer? Dr. Walter Willett, a leading expert on nutrition and health at the Harvard School of Public Health, says your diet may play less of a role in cancer prevention as originally thought. “As better data have come along,” he says, “the benefits for cancer don’t look nearly as impressive.” And fat doesn’t appear to be as bad as once thought for promoting cancer either. “There had been a strong belief that fat in our diet was the major cause of breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and oth...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 5, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Cancer Dr. Mallika Marshall Dr. Walter Willett Fruit Vegetables Source Type: news

In the absence of diagnosed concussion in collegiate contact sport athletes, a relationship is suggested between the effects of head impact exposure, white matter diffusivity measures and cognition
Commentary on: McAllister TW, Ford JC, Flashman LA, et al.. Effect of head impacts on diffusivity measures in a cohort of collegiate contact sport athletes. Neurology 2014;82:63–9. Context There is growing concern that head impacts sustained during contact sports may lead not only to concussion but also to increased susceptibility to concussion, long-term cognitive decline and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Study findings on this matter have been contradictory. A previous study by this group suggested that collegiate contact sport athletes are vulnerable to the cognitive effects of repetitive head impacts.1 Method...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - July 18, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Stone, J. L., Bailes, J. E. Tags: EBM Aetiology, Stroke, Memory disorders (psychiatry), Radiology, Sports and exercise medicine, Clinical diagnostic tests, Radiology (diagnostics) Source Type: research

Concussion and the neurologist: A work in progress
In the last 3 decades, the neurology landscape has changed. Once primarily an academic profession with limited treatment options, neurology now is a clinical field with treatments available in the acute care setting. Treatment of an acute ischemic stroke may begin with tissue plasminogen activator given in the emergency room within 4.5 hours of symptoms.1 This clinical shift now includes the evaluation and management of concussion patients. With the current estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention being 1.6–3.8 million sports- and recreation-related concussions per year (up from the prior estimate...
Source: Neurology - July 21, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Deibert, E. Tags: EDITORIALS Source Type: research

Getting Inside the Athlete’s Brain
Joyce Laird Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher takes neurology to the playing field. One of the things Kutcher has been teaching for years is concussion as a network injury. When we talk of localizing things in the brain one of the first things we do is try to describe whether it is a focal process like a stroke, a multi-focal process like MS, or is it a diffused process; something that affects the neurons or blood vessels in the brain in a very general way. read more
Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - October 7, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics Neurotechnology Source Type: news

Lost memories might be able to be restored, new UCLA study indicates
New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. For decades, most neuroscientists have believed that memories are stored at the synapses — the connections between brain cells, or neurons — which are destroyed by Alzheimer’s disease. The new study provides evidence contradicting the idea that long-term memory is stored at synapses. “Long-term memory is not stored at the synapse,” said David Glanzman, a senior author of the study, and a UCLA professor of integrative biology and physiology and of neurobiology. “...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 19, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Military blast exposure, ageing and white matter integrity
Mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, is associated with a range of neural changes including altered white matter structure. There is emerging evidence that blast exposure—one of the most pervasive causes of casualties in the recent overseas conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan—is accompanied by a range of neurobiological events that may result in pathological changes to brain structure and function that occur independently of overt concussion symptoms. The potential effects of brain injury due to blast exposure are of great concern as a history of mild traumatic brain injury has been identified as a risk fa...
Source: Brain - July 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Trotter, B. B., Robinson, M. E., Milberg, W. P., McGlinchey, R. E., Salat, D. H. Tags: CNS Injury and Stroke Original Articles Source Type: research

A three dimensional neuro-cbt model for mild-moderate brain injury
Conclusion This novel, dimensional integrative approach highlights the future bidirectional potential of integrating neuroscientific and cognitive behavioural principles and techniques. This concept has broader potential in the context of improved treatments in neurological disorders and medically unexplained symptoms.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - August 13, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Iddon, J. Tags: Neurological injury, Stroke, Trauma CNS / PNS, Trauma, Injury MEMBERS ' POSTERS Source Type: research

Cannabis to concussion
This issue of Neurology® Clinical Practice features thought-provoking articles on disparate topics. Gardner et al. (p. 285) tackle chronic traumatic encephalopathy, describing clinical and pathologic features in 14 self-referred symptomatic former professional football players. Harold Adams (p. 296) details the controversy surrounding treatment of patients who awaken with stroke symptoms whose time of onset cannot be established. Borsook and Dodick (p. 317) make a passionate plea to recognize the disabling nature of migraine. While it is not clear whether challenges to the Affordable Care Act will result in large numbe...
Source: Nature Clinical Practice - August 17, 2015 Category: Neurology Tags: From the Editor ' s Desk Source Type: research