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Football and the Blood Brain Barrier
A variety of research tools are being utilized to study the effect of trauma on the brain. In a previous post, I summarized some of the research using diffusion brain imaging or DTI.A recent study...
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Brain White Matter Changes in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a disabling brain disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions.Schizophrenia has a prevalence rate of about 1% of the population with relatively...
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Diffusion Tensor Brain Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a relative recent brain white matter imaging technique. I have previously reviewed research related to DTI studies of white matter changes in schizophrenia and...
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Smoking Linked to Brain White Matter Dysfunction
Tobacco smoking and nicotine dependence produce harmful effects on the brain.Some of these effects are related to direct effects on vascular health. Vascular changes seen with smoking are known to...
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Five Top Research Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury
The Brain Posts theme for July is traumatic brain injury (TBI).This topic is increasingly important with the burden of brain injury from war and from participation in sports.Here are a five abstracts...
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