Sentences with phrase «recovery after traumatic brain injury»

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If an athlete is allowed to continue playing after concussion, however, their recovery is likely to take longer, and they may be at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and, in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.

The excessive burst of new brain cells after a traumatic head injury that scientists have traditionally believed helped in recovery could instead lead to epileptic seizures and long - term cognitive decline, according to a new Rutgers New Jersey Medical School study.

«Widespread blocking of this part of the immune system after traumatic brain injury helps damaged brain tissue to survive and improves neurological recovery in mice.

«This has implications for potentially reducing normal cognitive decline with aging, or boosting recovery from brain injury after stroke or traumatic brain injury,» he says.

In this study, the researchers found that conditional deletion of Sox2 — the gene encoding the SOX2 stem cell transcription factor — and the associated dampening of astrocyte reactivity appear to promote functional recovery, including behavioral recovery, after traumatic brain injury, said Dr. Zhang, a W.W. Caruth, Jr..

Filing a lawsuit after a traumatic brain injury can be an important step on the road to recovery.

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