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MRI scan may help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, UCLA researchers report
UCLA doctors have found what may be an earlier and easier way to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a disorder that is thought to affect some former football players and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. Using a new software tool for analyzing MRI scans, the researchers detected the shrinkage of several key brain regions in a former football player with cognitive problems. The same pattern of brain changes is commonly seen in CTE cases that have been confirmed by autopsies after a person’s death. While the findings from this single case report are preliminary, they raise the possibility th...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 24, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Acute Ataxia in Childhood: 11-Year Experience at a Major Pediatric Neurology Referral Center
We categorized the causes of acute ataxia in the pediatric population—referred to the Division of Neurology—at a large, urban pediatric medical center. Of the 120 cases identified over the past 11 years, post-infectious cerebellar ataxia was the most commonly diagnosed (59%), followed by drug intoxication, opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia syndrome, episodic ataxia, acute cerebellitis, cerebellar stroke, ADEM, meningitis, cerebral vein thrombosis, Leigh’s disease, Miller-Fisher syndrome, and concussion. Among the patients with post-infectious cerebellar ataxia, 85% were 1–6 years old and all had a history...
Source: Journal of Child Neurology - July 11, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Thakkar, K., Maricich, S. M., Alper, G. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Ischemic stroke in confederation with trivial head trauma - Balachandran A, Kalyanshettar S, Patil S, Shegji V.
Minor head injuries in children are common, resulting in brain concussion, and these injuries mostly end up without complications. Usually head trauma results in hemorrhagic stroke. Here we present a case of ischemic stroke following a trivial head trauma....
Source: SafetyLit - June 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Cryptogenic Stroke Case, Kids' Concussion in Primary Care, New York Hospitalist Opportunity (FREE)
By the Editors NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here's what we chose for you today:NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Clinical Practice: After a gym workout, a …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 31, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Mood symptoms correlate with kynurenine pathway metabolites following sports-related concussion
Conclusions These results converge with existing kynurenine literature on psychiatric patients and provide the first evidence of altered peripheral levels of kynurenine metabolites following sports-related concussion.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - May 12, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Singh, R., Savitz, J., Teague, T. K., Polanski, D. W., Mayer, A. R., Bellgowan, P. S. F., Meier, T. B. Tags: Stroke, Mood disorders (including depression) Neuropsychiatry Source Type: research

Wallenberg's lateral medullary syndrome in an adolescent
Concussion and sports-related injuries are common in children. Given the heightened awareness about concussion in recent years, there has been an increase in the diagnosis of concussion in children presenting to the emergency department with head injuries. Often, little consideration is given to other etiologies of neurologic symptoms such as stroke. This may be due to the fact that stroke is uncommon in children when compared to adults. However, there are several case reports of arterial dissection and stroke in the pediatric age group resulting from trivial trauma.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 11, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Elizabeth Day Ruedrich, Mahesh Chikkannaiah, Gogi Kumar Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Wallenberg's Lateral Medullary Syndrome in an Adolescent
Concussion and sports-related injuries are common in children. Given the heightened awareness about concussion in recent years, there has been an increase in the diagnosis of concussion in children presenting to the emergency department with head injuries. Often, little consideration is given to other etiologies of neurologic symptoms such as stroke. This may be due to the fact that stroke is uncommon in children when compared to adults. However, there are several case reports of arterial dissection and stroke in the pediatric age group resulting from trivial trauma.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 11, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Elizabeth Ruedrich, Mahesh Chikkannaiah, Gogi Kumar Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Can concussion be tested for with a 'simple' blood test?
Conclusion This study is a prospective cohort study that aimed to investigate the use of two proteins in the blood – GFAP and UCH-L1 – as markers for detecting mild to moderate traumatic brain injury. The study found both proteins could be present in the blood after a head injury, with higher levels of UCH-L1 in the early stages after injury, while GFAP seemed to be a good marker for up to a week after injury. But both biomarkers were not found in all cases. One in five people with a brain injury did not have detectable levels of GFAP, and 1 in 10 did not have UCH-L1. This substantially reduces their ability to be us...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Neurology Source Type: news

Jan Medical raises $7.5M for diagnostic tool that detects neurological conditions
Mountain View, California-based Jan Medical has raised $7.5 million from Germany-based Brainlab to develop a connected diagnostic device that helps detect abnormal neurological conditions, like concussion and stroke. Jan Medical has raised at least $10.6 million in total to date.
Source: mobihealthnews - January 25, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Brainlab invests nearly $8m into Jan Medical
Jan Medical said today it obtained $7.5 million in Series C funding from partner Brainlab Inc, with funds slated to aid in completion of a clinical trial and filing for de novo clearance with the FDA and CE Mark approval in the European Union for its BrainPulse tool. Mountain View, Calif.-based Jan Medical’s BrainPulse device is designed to non-invasively capture novel physiological signals through a patient’s cardiac output, used to measure vascular and brain tissue conditions, the company said. The data can be used as an ‘aid to diagnoses’ for multiple indications, including concussion and stro...
Source: Mass Device - January 25, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Cardiovascular Diagnostics Regulatory/Compliance Brainlab Jan Medical Source Type: news

New technology promises fast, accurate stroke diagnosis
A new approach to identifying biomarkers in blood has proven successful in helping diagnose stroke, and the technology could be expanded to diagnose such conditions as concussion, some forms of dementia, and some types of cancer and heart disease.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 25, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

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

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

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

Clinical results in brain injury trials using HBO2 therapy: Another perspective.
Abstract The current debate surrounding the use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) for neurological indications, specifically mild to moderate chronic traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-concussion syndrome (PCS), is mired in confusion due to the use of non-validated controls and an unfamiliarity by many practitioners of HBO2 therapy with the experimental literature. In the past 40 years, the use of an air sham (21% oxygen, 1.14-1.5 atmospheres absolute/atm abs) in clinical and animal studies, instead of observational or crossover controls, has led to false acceptance of the null hypothesis (declaring no effect when o...
Source: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine - July 1, 2015 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Figueroa XA, Wright JK Tags: Undersea Hyperb Med Source Type: research