Advanced imaging predicts the recovery of children with brain injury

Advanced imaging predicts the recovery of children with brain injury: Researchers from The University of Queensland have used an advanced imaging technique to predict the recovery of children from a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) with an 87 per cent success rate. PhD candidate Athena Stein from UQ’s Child Health Research Centre used Neurite Orientation […]

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Newly described condition causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance

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 A condition that causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance has been diagnosed in traumatic brain injury patients for the first time.   In a clinical study led by researchers at Imperial College London and clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, out of 37 patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI), fifteen were diagnosed with a newly characterised neurological diagnosis called vestibular agnosia – a condition in the brain which results in loss of vertigo perception […]

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