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NEW RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Protein Linked To Brain Cell Scarring After Injury (7/07)

A new study links a protein discovered a few years ago with formation of scar tissue that occurs
after injury to nerve cells in the brain or spinal cord.

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

2. Relevance of Headache in Evaluating Concussion Recovery in High School Athletes (7/12)

Any degree of post-concussion headache in high school athletes even one week after injury likely is
associated with incomplete recovery, indicating the need to keep the athlete from returning to
contact play until headache and all other post-concussion symptoms resolve.

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

3. Neural Stem Cells Take A Step Closer To The Clinic (7/27)

Scientists working with cells that may someday be used to replace diseased or damaged cells in the
brain have taken neural stem cell technology a key step closer to the clinic.

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

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INSIDE VIEW NEWSLETTER

The Summer 2003 (12.3) 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:

Hypothermia Helps Brain Heal
TBI and Parkinson`s Link
Role of Age in TBI Recovery
Child Abuse Hides Head Injury
Alternative Medicine for TBI
2003 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

The above press releases below can be found at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/current.shtml

07/29/03 Loss of Conciousness May Not Predict Concussion Severity
07/29/03 Household Falls May Produce More Severe Brain Injuries in Infants Than Previously Thought
07/28/03 Wake Forest Scientists Figure Out Bizarre Visual Condition
07/27/03 Talking Pager Help for Brain Damaged People
07/26/03 Social Deprivation and Adult Head Injury: A National Study
07/25/03 Ban Urged on Hockey Checks Until Age 17: Risk for Brain Injuries Underestimated
07/24/03 Neuroimaging Correlates of Anxiety After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
07/23/03 National Hockey League Reported Concussions, 1986-87 to 2001-02
07/22/03 Music 'Makes the Brain Learn Better'
07/21/03 Long Term Neuropsychological Outcome After Head Injury: Relation to APOE Genotype
07/20/03 Inherited Gene May Place Some at Higher Risk of Post-Traumatic Injury Seizures
07/19/03 The Effects of Large-Dose Propofol on Cerebrovascular Pressure Autoregulation in
Head-Injured Patients
07/18/03 Cognitive Decline Over Time Following Electrical Injury
07/17/03 Cerebral Vasomotor Reactivity Testing in Head Injury: The Link Between Pressure and Flow
07/11/03 Traumatic Brain Injury in a County Jail Population: Prevalence, Neuropsychological
Functioning and Psychiatric Disorders
07/11/03 Reports of Head Injury and Symptom Knowledge Among College Athletes: Implications for
Assessment and Educational Intervention
07/11/03 On-Field Predictors of Neuropsychological and Symptom Deficit Following Sports-related
Concussion
07/11/03 Mentally Disordered Offenders With a History of Previous Head Injury: Are They More
Difficult to Discharge?
07/11/03 Heading for Trouble: Why Young Soccer Players are Put at Risk by Headers
07/11/03 Exploring Self-Concepts of Persons With Brain Injury
07/10/03 Evaluation of Neuropsychological Domain Scores and Postural Stability Following Cerebral
Concussion in Sports
07/10/03 The Effect of AriceptŪ in Persons With Persistent Memory Disorder Following Traumatic Brain
Injury: A Pilot Study
07/09/03 Community Integration Following Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury
07/08/03 Who Knows Best? Awareness of Divided Attention Difficulty in a Neurological Rehabilitation
Setting
07/08/03 Problem-Solving by Traumatically Brain Injured and Neurologically Intact Subjects on an
Adaptation of the Twenty Questions Test
07/07/03 Managing Agitation and Aggression After Head Injury
07/05/03 Evaluating Clients' Perceptions of the Quality of Head Injury Rehabilitation Services:
Development and Validation of a Questionnaire
07/04/03 Professor 'Heads' Up Project, Discusses Soccer Ball Impact
07/03/03 Head Injury Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
07/02/03 Chilling Heart Patients Saves Their Brains: Study
07/01/03 Treatment Curing Vertigo
07/01/03 Pharmos Initiates US Enrollment in Phase III Study of Dexanabinol For Traumatic Brain
Injury
07/01/03 Marijuana-Based Drug Could Curb Brain Damage
07/01/03 Human Embryonic Stem Cells Shown to Differentiate Into Neurons

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

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MULTI-MEDIA CENTER

A new animation on the chemical cascade following a concussion has been added to our digital
library.

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

You can find the graphics library at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/graphics.shtml

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

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NEW LINKS

Guidelines for the Management of TBI in Children
Life with TBI
Toronto ABI Network

Find these links and over 200 others at:
http://www.neuroskills.com/links/links.shtml
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS 2003

Aug 7-10
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association
Toronto, Canada
Web Site: www.apa.org

Aug 23-24
Brain Injury Association of Texas Conference
Austin, TX
Phone: 800-392-0040 or 512-326-1212
Email: info@biatx.org
Web Site: www.biatx.org

Aug 30-Sep 2
Annual Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Sciences
Helsinki, Finland
Phone: 41-22-908-488
Web Site: www.kenes.com/efns2003

Sep 13
BIA Colorado Pikes Peak Challenge
Pikes Peak, CO
Phone: 719-574-1634
Email: pikespeakchallenge@citystar.com
Web Site: www.pikespeakchallenge.com

Sep 13-14
Braintree Neurorehabilitation Conference
Cambridge, MA
Phone: 781-348-2113
Email: donna.carr@healthsouth.com
Web Site: www.braintreehospital.org

Sep 18-19
Brain Injury Association of Florida Annual Conference
Delray Beach, FL
Phone: 954-786-2400
Email: info@biaf.org
Web Site: www.biaf.org

Sep 20
Brain Injury Association of Virginia Conference
Richmond, VA
Phone: 800-334-8443
Email: michelle@biav.net
Web Site: http://biav.net/

Oct 1-3
Wyoming Brain Injury Conference
Lander, WY
Phone: 307-335-6849
Email: mauran@state.wy.us
Web Site: www.biausa.org/Wyoming/

Oct 2-3
BIA Ohio Annual Conference
Columbus, OH
Phone: 614-481-7100
Web Site: www.biaoh.org

Oct 2-3
Work After Brain Injury: Outcomes, Prognosis and Effective Interventions
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Phone: 705-741-3412
Email: info@mindworksgroup.ca
Web Site: www.mindworksgroup.ca/education.php

Oct 3-4
2nd Annual Brain Injury Conference: Impact and Outcomes
New Orleans, LA
Phone: 856-429-5637 x368
Email: jputz@bnh.org

Oct 9-10
Brain Injury Association of Utah Conference
Ogden, UT
Phone: 801-484-2240
Email: biau@sisna.com

Oct 9-12
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly
Chicago, IL
Web Site: www.aapmr.org

Oct 10-12
Brain Injury Association of California Conference
Napa, CA
Phone: 888-419-9955 x5701

Oct 15-18
Annual Education Conference of the American Rehabilitation Nurses
New Orleans, LA
Web Site: www.rehabnurse.org

Oct 16
Maximizing Potential through Partnerships
Lansing, MI
Phone: 810-229-5880
Email: info@biami.org
Web Site: www.biami.org

Oct 16
BIA West Virginia Annual Conference
Phone: 304-766-4892
Web Site: www.biausa.org/WVirginia

Oct 16-17
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Conference
Lansing, MI
Phone: 810-229-5880
Web Site: www.biami.org

Oct 19-22
American Neurological Association Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 612-545-6284
Web Site: www.aneuroa.org

Oct 23
Effective Interventions with Adults with Acquired Brain Injury
Toronto, Canada
Phone: 416-785-2500 x 2363
Email: pferreira@baycrest.org

Oct 23-26
American Society of Neurorehabilitation and ACRM Conference
Tucson, AZ
Phone: 952-545-6324
Web Site: www.asnr.com

Oct 24-25
Northern Virginia Brain Injury Association Conference
Fairfax, VA
Web Site: www.nvbia.org

Nov 6-7
The Rehabilitative & Neuropsychiatric Interface
Clearwater Beach, FL
Phone: 813-903-4844
Email: Frank.Valva@med.va.gov

Nov 6-7
Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium
Biloxi, MS
Phone: 305-663-6777
Email: NNS2003@dprice.com

For a full listing of conferences being held in 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:

Assistive Technology in Traumatic Brain Injury Vocational Rehabilitation
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1878205072/centreforneuroskA/

Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Adults with Brain Injury or Stroke: A Clinician's Treatment
Resource
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887841237/centreforneuroskA/

Coping With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0895297914/centreforneuroskA/

Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849314291/centreforneuroskA/

Toilet Training: Bowel and Bladder Continence Training Programs
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893866025/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 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.

Occupational Therapist
Physical Therapist
Counselor

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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