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TBI Resource Guide
The world's #1 acquired brain injury website
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The TBI Resource Guide is the internet`s central source of information regarding traumatic brain injury. The TBI Resource Guide website consists of over 2,000 pages of information, materials, education and resources about the brain, brain injury and TBI rehabilitation for survivors, families and professionals.
Researchers Engineer First System of Human Nerve-Cell Tissue (Mar 3)
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that living human nerve cells can be engineered into a network that could one day be used for transplants to repair damaged to the nervous system.
Full article: click here
Regeneration Initiative Enables Nerve Cells on a Computer Chip to Heal and Regrow Damaged Nerves (Mar 17)
The Western Canada Regeneration Initiative has been awarded a $2.25 million team grant to study how best to heal and regrow nerves that have been damaged by injury or disease.
Full article: click here
Post Brain Injury: New Nerve Cells Originate From Neural Stem Cells (Mar 24)
Ground-breaking shows that, in an injured region of the brain, adult neural stem cells exist that could later serve as a source of new nerve cells.
Full article: click here
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We would like to welcome the recent formation of the California Brain Injury Association (CALBIA). CALBIA is a non-profit membership organization providing information, referrals, education, advocacy and support for those affected by brain injury.
For more information about CALBIA, the upcoming conferences, and how to become a member of this important organization please click here
The Spring 2008 (17.2) issue of the Inside View quarterly
newsletter is now available! With a $12 yearly subscription ($24
international), glossy, hard-copy versions of the Inside View will be
delivered to your door every three months.
Two-year subscriptions are only $22 ($44 international) and three-year
subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).
Spring Issue Table of Contents:
Depression After Concussion
Creator Gene for Cerebral Cortex
Case Study: Changed Forever
Engineering Nerve-Cell Tissue
TBI Vets Show Cognitive Decline
2008 Conference Schedule
CNS Programs and Services
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3/28/08 Experience: a double-edged sword for restorative neural plasticity after brain damage
3/28/08 Assessment of patients with mild concussion in the emergency department
3/27/08 Young age as a risk factor for impaired cerebral autoregulation after moderate to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury
3/25/08 Interleukin-6 and nerve growth factor upregulation correlates with improved outcome in children with severe traumatic brain injury
3/25/08 White matter abnormalities in mild traumatic brain injury: A diffusion tensor imaging study
3/25/08 Outcome after complicated minor head injury
3/21/08 Youth sports concussion program points to need for proper treatment of concussion in children
3/21/08 Diffusion tensor imaging of acute mild traumatic brain injury in adolescents
3/20/08 Three years prospective investigation of anterior pituitary function after traumatic brain injury: a pilot study
3/20/08 Incidence of hypo- and hypercarbia in severe traumatic brain injury before and after 2003 pediatric guidelines
3/19/08 Head injury in children due to cricket ball scenario in developing countries
3/18/08 New study shows brain changes from concussion
3/18/08 Fasting can reduce brain-injury impact
3/14/08 Clinical decision instruments for CT scan in minor head trauma
3/13/08 Prehospital intubation of brain-injured patients
3/12/08 Incidence of hospital-treated traumatic brain injury in the Oslo population
3/10/08 New software offers hope to patients with brain injuries
3/10/08 Biomarkers of primary and evolving damage in traumatic and ischemic brain injury: diagnosis, prognosis, probing mechanisms, and therapeutic decision making
3/10/08 Using computer chips to reconnect brain cells
3/07/08 Optimal hemoglobin concentration in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, acute ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injury
3/07/08 Adrenal insufficiency following traumatic brain injury in adults
3/06/08 Brief report: Sleep disturbances following mild traumatic brain injury in childhood
3/06/08 Understanding behavioral handicaps following head injuries
3/06/08 The Toronto traumatic brain injury study
3/05/08 Head injuries result in widespread brain tissue loss one year later
3/05/08 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation resuscitation for traumatic brain injury after decompressive craniotomy
3/05/08 Prolonged recovery of memory functioning after mild traumatic brain injury in adolescent athletes
3/05/08 Fulminant Guillain–Barré syndrome after closed head injury: a potentially reversible cause of an ominous examination case report
3/04/08 Retinal haemorrhages in- head trauma resulting from falls: differential diagnosis with non-accidental trauma in patients younger than 2 years of age
3/04/08 Measurement of head impacts in collegiate football players: relationship between head impact biomechanics and acute clinical outcome after concussion
3/04/08 Memory deficit after traumatic brain injury: how big is the problem in New Zealand and what management strategies are available?
3/04/08 Post traumatic brain perfusion SPECT analysis using reconstructed ROI maps of radioactive microsphere derived cerebral blood flow and statistical parametric mapping
3/04/08 Regrowing neurons
2/29/08 Traumatic brain injury, apolipoprotein E-{epsilon}4, and cognition in older adults: A two-year longitudinal study
2/29/08 Risk of dementia associated with the ApoE e4 allele and falls causing head injury without explicit traumatic brain injury
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The TBI Resource Guide online store has over 75 brain injury related products, including educational multi-media cds, animations, graphics, e-books, newsletters, research article reprints, assessment tools, and laminated educational cards. The new educational multi-media cds provide an in-depth overview of brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, and brain function. They include audio, video and graphic content in an easy-to-use self-learning format.
New Item! Managing Behavior After TBI - An in-depth multi-media CD presentation reviewing the principles of applied behavior analysis and how it can be effectively used in brain injury rehabilitation. Includes information on the underlying mechanisms of the brain-behavior relationship, guidelines for managing behavior problems, how to write an effective behavior program and much, much more. For more information click here.
Other products:
Educational CD's
Animations
Graphics
Newsletters
Reprints
ILS
E-Books
Virtual Tour
Laminated Cards
Visit the TBI Store:
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Visit our new "Veterans and TBI" section of the website. There you will find links to important related websites, PDF information pamphlets, and current news bulletins.
Latest additions:
News Items:
DOD delayed brain injury scans for returning troops (03.18.08)
Visit the Veterans and TBI section:
click here
Read traumatic brain injury survivor case studies detailing injuries, rehabilitation, and outcomes.
click here
The TBI Resource Guide offers four on-line, continuing education courses. Our courses are $60 each and certified for 2-hours.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Applied Behavior Analysis
Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview
Brain Anatomy and Function
CE Courses page: click here
The Centre for Neuro Skills Clinical Research and Education Foundation (CNS - CREF) Is a not-for-profit (503c) foundation whose mission is to further the basis of knowledge about treatment of acquired brain injury at the post acute level and share that knowledge with practicing professionals, family members of those with traumatic brain injuries and the general public.
CNS-CREF website: click here
** You can now submit your events and conferences directly to our online listing by by going to the page below and clicking on the "submit your event or conference" link:
www.neuroskills.com/events.php
Apr 2-4
TBI Litigation: Mastering the Science and Trial Strategies
Las Vegas, NV
Email: conferences@biausa.org
Apr 2-5
Brain Injuries
Orlando, FL
800-377-7707
Email: info@cforums.com
Website: www.contemporaryforums.com
Apr 9-12
The International Brain Injury Association's 7th World Congress on Brain Injury
Lisbon, Portugal
713-526-6900
Website: www.internationalbrain.org
Apr 10-13
AOTA Annual Conference
Long Beach, CA
301-652-2682
Website: www.aota.org
Apr 12-13
NORA Annual Conference
San Antonio, TX
866-222-3887
Apr 24-25
Brain Injury Then and Now: Skills, Services & Support
Portland, ME
207-861-9900
Email: lduvall@biame.org
Website: www.biame.org
May 4-7
Brain Injuries
Seattle, WA
800-377-7707
Email: info@cforums.com
Website: www.contemporaryforums.com
May 5-6
20th Annual WI Conference on Brain Injury
Wisconsin Dells, WI
262-790-9660
Website: www.biaw.org
May 8-9
3rd Annual Black Hills Brain Injury Conference
Rapid City, SD
605-718-8446
Website: www.brainrehab.org
Jun 5-6
Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child with Brain Injury
Williamsburg, VA
703-451-8881
Website: www.braininjurysvcs.org
Jun 6-8
2008 National Brain Injury Caregiver’s Conference
Dallas, TX
Email: conferences@biausa.org
Jun 11-14
APTA Annual Conference
San Antonio, TX
703-684-2782
Email: svcctr@apta.org
Website: www.apta.org
Jun 17-20
CMSA Annual Conference
Orlando, FL
501-225-2229
Email: cmsa@cmsa.org
Website: cmsa.org
Jun 20-21
Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop
London, United Kingdom
0044 1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Jun 23-24
ANA Annual Conference
Washington, DC
301-628-5000
Email: convention@ana.org
Website: www.nursingworld.org
Jun 23-24
Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania Conference
Harrisburg, PA
717-657-7608
Email: alucas@parf.org
Website: www.biapa.org
Jul 23-26
6th International Symposium for Hyperbaric Oxgenation
Los Angeles, CA
949-215 0955
Email: chery@hbot2008.com
Website: www.hbot2008.com
Aug 14-17
APA Annual Conference
Boston, MA
202-336-5500
Email: convention@apa.org
Website: www.apa.org/convention
Sep 5-6
Evaluation & Treatment of Visual Perceptual Dysfunction in Adult Brain Injury
Peterborough, ON, Canada
705-741-3412
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Website: www.mindworksgroup.ca
Sep 18-19
Brain Injury Association of Ohio - 27th Annual Conference
Columbus, OH
614-481-7100
Website: www.biaoh.org
Sep 19-20
Understanding and Dealing with Behaviour Problems
London, United Kingdom
0044 1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Sep 25-26
Brain Injury Association of Michigan's 28th Annual Conference
Lansing, MI
810-229-5880
Website: www.biami.org
Oct 1-4
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Annual Conference
St. Charles, MO
314-426-4024
Website: www.biamo.org
Oct 2-3
Brain Injury Association of Indiana 2008 Annual Education Conference
Indianapolis, IN
317-356-7722
Website: www.biausa.org/Indiana
Oct 9-10
Brain Injury Association of Utah Annual Conference
Layton, UT
801-484-2240
Email: biau@sisna.com
Website: www.biau.org
Oct 10-11
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop: Attention & Information Processing
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Email: ursa.cizman@ir-rs.si
Nov 21-22
Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation Workshop: Attention & Information Processing
London, United Kingdom
0044 1276 472 369
Email: enquiries@braintreetraining.co.uk
Website: www.braintreetraining.co.uk
Conferences 2008: click here
We've added 15 new 2007-8 titles! Browse through the more than 200 brain injury related books in our TBI Bookstore. Search by author, keywords, categories or book titles and order online via our association with Amazon.com.
Visit the TBI Bookstore: click here
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Have you missed one of our newsletters? You can now read past issues of our monthly e-newsletter in
our archive section: click here
That is all for this month. See you in April!
Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com
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