The adaptability of the central nervous system has been revealed in several model systems. Of particular interest to system-injured individuals is ability for neural components be modified regain function. In both types neurotrauma, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, primary parasympathetic control gastrointestinal tract, vagus nerve, remains anatomically intact. However, with or ar...

BACKGROUND High-energy non-missile penetrating injuries (stab injuries) account for a small percentage of penetrating head injuries and they present a series of special features. CASE PRESENTATION A 35-year-old man suffered orbito-frontal? and trans-cranial injuries after falling five meters from a terrace onto a rod iron fence. The removal of the metal rod was performed outside the operating...

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The frequency of and outcome from acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans are detailed together with a classification of the principal focal and diffuse pathologies, and their mechanisms in extract laboratory models are outlined. Particular emphasis is given to diffuse axonal injury, which is a major determinant of outcome. Cellular and molecular cascades triggered by injury are described ...

s from The 34 Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium June 26–29, 2016 Lexington, Kentucky JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 33:A-1–A-139 (July 1, 2016) a Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. DOI: 10.1089/neu.2016.29008.abstracts D ow nl oa de d by N IH N A T IO N A L I N ST IT U T E S O F H E A L T H L IB R A R Y P A C K A G E f ro m o nl in e. lie be rt pu b. co m a t 0 2/ 14 /1 8. F or p er so na l u se o nl y.

Explosive blast traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the more serious wounds suffered by United States service members injured in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some military medical treatments for blast TBI that have been introduced successfully in the war theater include decompressive craniectomy, cerebral angiography, transcranial Doppler, hypertonic resuscitation fluids, a...