Concussion Memoir

This research compares two types of imaging, DTI (diffusion tensor imaging) and NODDI (neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging) used to detect changes in white matter after MTBI. The researchers determine that, although DTI is currently used more often, NODDI is more sensitive to microstructural changes and therefore shows promise for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring the progress of treatment. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/32/eaaz6892

"Traumatic brain injury, which can be as mild as a concussion or as severe as a skull fracture, increases a person’s risk for dementia by 80 percent, according to the report. TBIs typically come from car and bicycle accidents, sports injuries, military conflicts, or simple falls. TBI accounts for 3.4 percent of all dementia cases." https://www.alzforum.org//lancet-commissions-dementia-hit-

"Ahn was interested in the concept of neuroplasticity, the idea that the brain can change and create new connections. He wondered if it was possible to massage the brain. But the brain is inside the skull, so we couldn’t really do brain massage therapy, he said. Ahn considered an alternative electric currents. He considers transcranial direct current stimulation treatment to be brain massage therapy.... https://www.houstonchronicle.com//Could-brain-massage-ther

How Neanderthal are you? If you have low pain tolerance, perhaps more than you think. https://news.yahoo.com/neanderthal-genetics-may-explain-low

"Concussion is a misnomer in a way - it would be far better if we called it what it is, which is a mild traumatic brain injury. Even at that, mild is a bit of a misnomer." https://www.newstalk.com//concussion-isnt-always-blow-head

"People who have concussions often have slower reaction times as a result, and do more poorly on tests of thinking skills after their injury than their peers without concussions," said Julianne D. Schmidt, Ph.D., ATC, of the University of Georgia in Athens. "Our study suggests that complicated driving skills, the kind involving split-second reaction times that could mean the difference between life and death, are the ones that may take the longest to regain after you have a concussioneven when all of your symptoms have resolved." https://www.prnewswire.com//should-you-really-be-behind-th