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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.

Regenerative Activity In The Peripheral Nervous System Could Mean Regeneration For The Central Nervous System (June 2)

Researchers have for the first time identified a protein that is key to the regeneration of damage in the peripheral nervous system and which could with further research lead to methods of repairing damage in the central nervous system.

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Adult Stem Cells Finding Provides Foundation for Brain Injury Cure (Aug 4)

Adult stem cells originate in a different part of the brain than is commonly believed, and with proper stimulation they can produce new brain cells to replace those lost to disease or injury.

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Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Balanced Nutrition Saves Lives (Aug 11)

Researchers say that following TBI, patients should be given nutritional supplementation through a gastric feeding tube as soon as possible, which they say can improve their chances of survival by as much as four-fold.

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Trigger For Brain Plasticity Identified: Signal Comes, Surprisingly, From Outside The Brain (Aug 18)

Researchers have long sought a factor that can trigger the brain's ability to learn – and perhaps recapture the "sponge-like" quality of childhood. Neuroscientists report that they've identified such a factor, a protein called Otx 2.

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Researchers Create Molecule That Nudges Nerve Stem Cells to Mature (Aug 25)

Inspired by a chance discovery during another experiment, researchers have created a small molecule that stimulates nerve stem cells to begin maturing into nerve cells in culture.

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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 Summer 2008 (17.3) 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).

Summer Issue Table of Contents:

Computer Chip Neuron
Pill Could Prevent Brain Damage
Case Study: The Legend of I.A.
Helping Nerves Regenerate
Reparing Damaged Brains
Brain Tissue Loss One Year Later
Detecting Subtle Brain Injury
2008 Conferences

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8/28/08 War veterans’ concussions are often overlooked
8/28/08 Functional balance tests for children with traumatic brain injury: Within-session reliability
8/28/08 Neurophysiological assessment prior to and following sports-related concussion during childhood: A case study
8/27/08 Traumatic brain injuries in early childhood: Initial impact on the family
8/27/08 U.S. Department of Labor initiative aids employment of veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder
8/27/08 LSUHSC research reports new method to protect brain cells from disease and trauma
8/26/08 Neurophysiological assessment prior to and following sports-related concussion during childhood: A case study
8/26/08 Researchers link cocoa flavanols to improved brain blood flow
8/22/08 Single nucleotide polymorphisms in ANKK1 and the dopamine D2 receptor gene affect cognitive outcome shortly after traumatic brain injury: A replication and extension study
8/22/08 Outcome after decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury
8/21/08 Using a temporal discounting paradigm to measure decision-making and impulsivity following traumatic brain injury: A pilot study
8/21/08 Prefrontal cortex involvement in the event-based prospective memory: Evidence from patients with lesions in the prefrontal cortex
8/21/08 Physical interventions to manage patients with brain injury: An audit on its use and staff and patient injuries from the techniques
8/20/08 Parent perceptions of school-based support for students with traumatic brain injuries
8/20/08 Mild traumatic brain injury induces prolonged visual processing deficits in children
8/20/08 Effective occupational therapy intervention with adults demonstrating agitation during post-traumatic amnesia
8/19/08 Attributions for behaviours of persons with brain injury: The role of perceived severity and time since injury
8/19/08 Prevalence of chronic pain after traumatic brain injury
8/15/08 Balancing brain time-out in concussion recovery
8/14/08 Trigger for brain plasticity identified: Signal comes, surprisingly, from outside the brain
8/13/08 Protein key to brain rewiring
8/13/08 Crystal clue in army brain injury
8/12/08 New software renders traumatic brain injury in real-time
8/12/08 New prognostic model for traumatic brain injury
8/08/08 Reversible monoparesis following decompressive hemicraniectomy for traumatic brain injury
8/07/08 A new scale for prognostication in head injury
8/06/08 Measuring participation of school-aged children with traumatic brain injuries: Considerations and approaches
8/05/08 Diffusion tensor imaging in relation to cognitive and functional outcome of traumatic brain injury in children
8/01/08 Redefining success: Results of a qualitative study of postsecondary transition outcomes for youth with traumatic brain injury
8/01/08 Improving identification and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury with evidence: Psychometric support for the acute concussion evaluation
8/01/08 Validated instructional practices: Application to students with traumatic brain injury
7/31/08 Traumatic brain injury: A comparison of inpatient functional outcomes between children and adults
7/31/08 U of M researchers find cerebral malaria may be a major cause of brain injury in African children
7/31/08 Prevalence of sleep disturbance in closed head injury patients in a rehabilitation unit

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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.

Educational CD's
Animations
Graphics
Newsletters
Reprints
ILS
E-Books
Virtual Tour
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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 News Items:
War Veterans’ Concussions Are Often Overlooked (08.27.08)
U.S. Department of Labor initiative aids employment of veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (08.27.08)
Department of Defense awards $35 million to support local brain injury research (08.19.08)
Crystal clue in army brain injury (08.13.08)

Visit the Veterans and TBI section:
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Read traumatic brain injury survivor case studies detailing injuries, rehabilitation, and outcomes.

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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

Sep 1-3
Brain Injury Australia National Conference
Melbourne, Australia
Website: www.bia.net.au

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 17
Brain Trauma Foundation Online Lecture: Current active Clinical Trials in TBI
New York, NY
212-772-0608
Email: mklein@braintrauma.org
Website: www.braintrauma.org

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
4th Annual Mid-Hudson Brain Injury Rehabilitation Conference
Kingston, NY
845-336-3500
Email: ncsc@northeastcenter.com
Website: northeastcenter.com

Oct 2-3
Brain Injury Association of Indiana 2008 Annual Education Conference
Indianapolis, IN
317-356-7722
Website: www.biausa.org/Indiana

Oct 2-4
North American Brain Injury Society Sixth Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA
Website: www.nabis.org

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

Oct 22
BIA of Delaware Annual Conference
Dover, DE
800-411-0505
Website: www.biausa.org/Delaware/bia.htm

Nov 10-12
Brain Injury Business Practice College
Las Vegas, NV
703-761-0750
Email: jtoth@biausa.org
Website: www.biausa.org

Nov 20
Brain Trauma Foundation Online Lecture: TBI Seizures: Myths, Realities, and Practicalities
New York, NY
212-772-0608
Email: mklein@braintrauma.org
Website: www.braintrauma.org

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

Feb 20-21(2009)
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
La Jolla, CA
858-652-5400
Email: med.edu@scrippshealth.org
Website: www.scripps.org/conferenceservices

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We've added many new 2007-8 titles! Browse through the more than 285 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.

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That is all for this month. See you in September!

Craig S. Persel
Managing Editor, TBI Resource Guide
Centre for Neuro Skills
cns@neuroskills.com

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