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NEW RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Nerve Cells' Death Different From Other Cells'

Researchers say they have identified in neurons a novel form of "programmed" cell death unlike those
already known and perhaps find new ways to treat traumatic brain injury.

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-celldeath.shtml

2. Study Identifies New Drug Target for Preserving Brain Cells

Research suggests that blocking the effects of interleukin-1 will prevent brain damage because they
know that the body's natural response to injury - inflammation - can do more harm than good when it
comes to the brain.

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-preserve.shtml

3. Study of Concussion Effects on High School and College Athletes

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University will
objectively study, for the first time, the effects of single and multiple concussions on the brains
of high school and college athletes.

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-concsports.shtml

4. New Head-Injury Research Drives a Revolution in Football Helmet Technology

Four years of yesearch and yevelopment helps create a new helmet designed with the intent of
reducing the risk of concussion.

Read the full article at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-newhelmet.shtml

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INSIDE VIEW NEWSLETTER

The Summer 2002 (11.3) 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 now only $22 ($44 international) and three-year
subscriptions are $30 ($60 international).

Summer Issue Table of Contents:

Progesterone for Treating TBI
Bike-Related Brain Injuries
Cell Development and Protection
Anger and Aggression
Memory Loss Gene
Fat Cells Into Nerve Cells
Educational Animations
2002-3 Conference Schedule

You can subscribe to the Inside View newsletter at:
https://www.neuroskills.com/ivsubscription.shtml

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CURRENT TBI PRESS RELEASES

07/25/02 Effectiveness of Bed Rest After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomised Trial of No
Versus Six Days of Bed Rest
07/25/02 Functional Reorganisation of Memory After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Study With H2150
Positron Emission Tomography
07/24/02 Trajectories of Cognitive Recovery Following a Minor Brain Injury
07/23/02 New Head-Injury Research Drives a Revolution in Football Helmet Technology
07/22/02 'Silent' Brain Damage Common After Bypass Surgery
07/22/02 Researchers Produce Motor Neurons From Embryonic Stem Cells
07/21/02 National Brain Injury Awareness Spanish Family Help Line Campaign
07/20/02 Concussion Study May Bring Answers
07/17/02 Study Identifies New Drug Target for Preserving Brain Cells
07/17/02 Nerve Cells' Death Different From Other Cells'
07/17/02 UCLA Neuroscientists First To Show That Adult Brains Turn Back Developmental Clock To
Repair Damage
07/17/02 Life Satisfaction Following Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comparative Study
07/16/02 Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Neurotrauma (pdf file; requires acrobat reader)
07/15/02 The Role of Hypothermia in the Management of Severe Brain Injury
07/13/02 Detection of Secondary Insults by Brain Tissue pO2 and Bedside Microdialysis in Severe Head
Injury
07/13/02 Detection of Early Ischemia in Severe Head Injury by Means of Arteriovenous Lactate
Differences and Jugular Bulb Oxygen Saturation.Relationship with CPP, Severity Indexes and Outcome.
Preliminary Analysis
07/13/02 Intracranial Compliance as a Bed-Side Monitoring Technique in Severely Head-Injured
Patients
07/13/02 Oscillations in the Near-Infrared Signal in Patients with Severe Head Injury
07/13/02 Asymmetry of Cerebral Autoregulation Following Head Injury
07/13/02 Is Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography (TCD) Good Enough in Determining CO2 Reactivity and
Pressure Autoregulation in Head-Injured Patients?
07/13/02 Clinical Significance of Cerebral Autoregulation
07/13/02 Optimizing Cerebral Perfusion Pressure During Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Severe Head
Injury: Effect of Hyperventilation
07/12/02 Application of Chemical Shift Imaging for Measurement of NAA in Head Injured Patients
07/12/02 Comparison of Microdialysate Arginine and Glutamate Levels in Severely Head-Injured Patient
07/11/02 Microdialysate Nitrate/Nitrite Levels Following Severe Head Injury
07/10/02 Haemorrhage Into an Arachnoid Cyst: A Serious Complication of Minor Head Trauma
07/09/02 Outcome of Children With Traumatic Brain Injury in Rural Malaysia
07/03/02 Neurotrauma Advisory Board and Special Fund (Hawaii)
07/03/02 That Sinking Feeling: Can Fast Roller Coasters Cause Brain Injury?
07/01/02 Recovery in Memory Function in the First Year Following TBI in Children
07/01/02 Stereotypic Movement Disorder after Acquired Brain Injury
07/01/02 Remediating Deficits of Switching Attention in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury
07/01/02 Brain Injury Rehabilitation: What Works for Whom and When?
07/01/02 Quantitive Imaging in Late Traumatic Brain Injury. Part I: Late Imaging Parameters in
Closed and Penetrating Head Injuries
07/01/02 Post-Injury Substance Abuse Among Persons with Brain Injury and Persons with Spinal Cord
Injury
07/01/02 Perceptual Analysis of Speech Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood
07/01/02 Dynamics of Sensorineural Hearing Loss after Head Trauma
07/01/02 Organic Alexithymia: A Study of Acquired Emotional Blindness
07/01/02 Recovery in Memory Function in the First Year Following TBI in Children
07/01/02 Loewenstein Communication Scale for the Minimally Responsive Patient
07/01/02 The Locked-In Syndrome: A Syndrome Looking for a Therapy I
07/01/02 The Locked-In Syndrome: A Syndrome Looking for a Therapy II
07/01/02 Landmark Study Demonstrates Potential for Nerve Regeneration
07/01/02 Intractable Epilepsy and Mild Brain Injury: Incidence, Pathology and Surgical Outcome
07/01/02 Functional Outcome: A Case for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
07/01/02 Effects of Acquired Brain Injury on Adaptive Choice and the Role of Reduced Sensitivity to
Contingencies
07/01/02 Health Resources and Services Administration Traumatic Brain Injury Program; State Grants
for Traumatic Brain Injury
07/01/02 Decreased Length of Stay, Cost Savings and Descriptive Findings of Enhanced Patient Care
Resulting From an Integrated Traumatic Brain Injury Programme
07/01/02 Cutoff Score on the Apathy Evaluation Scale in Subjects with Traumatic Brain Injury
07/01/02 Conceptualization and Identification of Depression in Adults with Brain Damage by Clients
and Rehabilitation Clinical Staff

The above press releases and a complete listing can be found at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/current.shtml

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MULTI-MEDIA CENTER

Our digital library includes graphics and animations on various aspects of neurology and traumatic
brain injury.

New graphics this month are:

Brainstem (details)
Muscles and Optic Tract of Eye
Cortical Pathways for Saccadic Eye Movements

You can find these and other graphics at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/graphics.shtml

You can also purchase digital animations of various brain functions.

You can find these animations at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/animations.shtml

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CLINICAL TRIALS

New research studies currently recruiting patients:

The National Acute Brain Injury Study: Hypothermia II (NABISH II)

You can find these clinical trials and others at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/tbi/trials.shtml

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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

July 29-August 3
World Congress of Psychophysiology
Montreal, Canada
Phone: 44-0-1865-843691
Email: sm.wilkinson@elsevier.co.uk

August 15-16
Worker's Compensation Claims Seminar
Scottsdale, AZ
Phone: 602-542-3373

August 22-24
Brain Injury Association of Texas Annual Conference
Austin, TX
Web Site: www.biatx.org
Email: infobox@BIATx.org

September 10-11
Encephalitis Defined - International Conference
Staffordshire, UK
Web Site: www.encephalitis-international.org

September 12-15
National Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Salt Lake City, UT
Phone: 801-627-3399 or 888-373-0071
Web Site: www.dontshake.com

September 17-19
Effectiveness of Rehabilitation for Cognitive Deficits
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Web site:  www.cf.ac.uk/psych/ercd
Email: HalliganPW@cardiff.ac.uk

September 20-25
International Child Neurology Congress
Beijing, China
Phone: 86010-66176450
Email: jiangyw@bj.col.com.cn

September 26-27
Brain Injury Association of Michigan
Lansing, MI
Phone: 810-229-8947
Email: cburda@biami.org
Web Site: www.biami.org

October 3
Navigating the Complexities of the Brain Injured Patient
CE Course (6 units)
Loma Linda, CA
Phone: 760-248-9130
Web Site: www.llu.edu/llumc/ceu/events/braininjury.html

October 3-5
Pacific Coast Brain Injury Conference
Vancouver, Canada
Email: pcbic@attcanada.ca

Brain Injury Association of Colorado Conference
Vail, CO
Phone: 800-955-2443
Email: resources@biacolorado.org
Web Site: www.biacolorado.org

October 3-6
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Web Site: www.acrm.org

Texas Claims Association
Tyler, TX
Phone: 903-533-9275
Web Site: www.viptx.net/texasclaims/info.html

October 4-5
American Society of Neurorehabilitation
Philadelphia, PA
Web Site: http://www.asnr.com

Northern Virginia Brain Injury Association Conference
Fairfax, VA
Phone: 703-569-1855
Email: biav@visi.net
Web Site: http://www.nvbia.org

Brain Injury Association of Illinois Conference
Lisle, IL
Phone: 708-344-4646
Email: info@biail.org
Web Site: www.biausa.org/Illinois

October 10-11
Brain Injury Association of Utah
Provo, UT
Web Site: http://www.biausa.org

October 11-12
Brain Injury Association of Ohio Conference
Columbus, OH
Phone: 866-644-6242
Email: help@biaoh.org
Web Site: www.biaoh.org

October 16-18
International Conference on Post Trauma Rehabilitation
Quebec City, QC
Web Site: www.irdpq.qc.ca

October 17-18
Brain Injury Association of Arkansas Symposium
(location not yet available)
Web Site: www.brainassociation.org

October 24
Brain Injury Association of Vermont Conference
Burlington, VT
Phone: 802-453-6456
Web Site: www.biavt.org

November 1-2
Brain Injury Association of Tennessee Conference
Nashville, TN
Phone: 865-679-8872
Email: biaoftn@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.tnbiat.org

June 4-7 (2003)
Annual Case Management Conference
Dallas, TX
Web Site: www.cmsa.org

For a full listing of conferences being held in 2002-2003,
please go to http://www.neuroskills.com/events.shtml

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BOOKS-OF-THE-MONTH

This month's featured books on traumatic brain injury are:

Concussive Brain Trauma: Neurobehavioral Impairment and Maladaptation
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849397073/centreforneuroskA/

Fall Back Up
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738804312/centreforneuroskA/

Physical Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0443089086/centreforneuroskA/

Sports Neurology
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0397516290/centreforneuroskA/

The Management of Head Injuries
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0192630784/centreforneuroskA/

For a complete listing of brain injury related books go to:
http://www.neuroskills.com/booksmaster.shtml

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Centre for Neuro Skills rehabilitation facility in Bakersfield, California has immediate
openings for the positions listed below. You can contact the Human Resources Dept. at
hrca@neuroskills.com or call 800-922-4994 or 661-872-3408.

Physical Therapist
Counselor
Speech Therapist
Nurse
P.M. Nurse

Find the CNS employment opportunities page and job details at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/cns/employ.shtml

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E-NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

Have you missed one of our newsletters? You can now read past issues of our monthly e-newsletter in
our archive section at:

http://www.neuroskills.com/enewsmenu.shtml

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That is all for this month. See you in August.

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

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