continuous four hours eeg (electroencephalogram) recordings and its power spectrum analysis using fast fourier transform (fft) in urethane anesthetized male charles foster rats were performed in two groups: open brain injury and p-cpa (para-chlorophenylalanine) pretreated before brain injury, respectively, and compared with the eeg power spectrum of control rats. the eeg power spectrum analysis...

objective(s): preclinical studies show that iron plays a key role in mediating neuronal injury. this study was performedin order to identify the relationship between the serum level of ferritin and severity of the brain injury which occur after an intracerebral hemorrhage (ich). materials and methods:this was a cross sectional descriptive – analytic study, which was conducted on those patients ...

objective(s):this study was carried out to investigate the effects of cox-2 selective inhibitor (celecoxib) or non-selective cox inhibitor (ibuprofen) on gastrointestinal motility. materials and methods: the rats were randomly divided into five groups including: intact, sham, traumatic brain injury (tbi) group (intact rats under tbi), celecoxib group (10 mg/kg), ibuprofen group (10 mg/kg). rats...

background variables derived from electroencephalogram like cerebral state index (csi) have been used to monitor the anesthesia depth during general anesthesia. observed evidences show such variables have also been used as a detector of brain death or outcome predictor in traumatic brain-injured (tbi) patients. objectives the current study was designed to determine the correlation between glasg...

OBJECTIVES Rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) contain recommendation statements aimed at optimising care for adults with stroke and other brain injury. The aim of this study was to determine the quality, scope and consistency of CPG recommendations for rehabilitation covering the acquired brain injury populations. DESIGN Systematic review. INTERVENTIONS Included CPGs contain...

introduction: following a traumatic brain injury (tbi), the excessive release of proinflammatory cytokines is major cause of cerebral edema that can cause permanent neuronal loss. this study examined the changes in brain concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines il-1, il-6, tnf-α and tgf- after different doses of estrogen or progesterone treatment in brain-injured rats at 6 and 24 h post-in...

objective(s):estrogen (e2) has neuroprotective effects on blood-brain-barrier (bbb) after traumatic brain injury (tbi). in order to investigate the roles of estrogen receptors (ers) in these effects, er-α antagonist (mpp) and, er-β antagonist (phtpp), or non-selective estrogen receptors antagonist (ici 182780) were administered. materials and methods: ovariectomized rats were divided into 10 gr...

OBJECTIVE To profile the demographic, clinical and environmental characteristics of persons with acquired brain injury receiving inpatient rehabilitation services in Canada. DESIGN This study utilizes data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information's National Rehabilitation Reporting System, between April 2001 and March 2006. The data were collected from publicly insured institutions ...

introduction guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) is an immune-mediated acute inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system. infectious agents were usually accused of playing a role in the etiology of gbs. guillain-barre syndrome has rarely been reported following subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhage after head trauma. case presentation we report on a 63-year-old male patient presenting gbs f...

traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death in developed countries. it is estimated that only in the united states about 100,000 people die annually in parallel among the survivors there is a significant number of people with disabilities with significant costs for the health system. it has been determined that after moderate and severe traumatic injury, brain parenchyma is affected by m...