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LifeBridge Health - The Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute - Center for Memory and Brain Health. PROGRAMS Include: The Epilepsy Center, The Spine Center, the Brain Injury Programs, Adult Hydrocephalus Center, Pain Management program and Traumatic Brain Injury as well as several other programs. The Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuro-Rehabilitation units provide medical recovery and improve patients' quality of life.

The Fern Lab - The Fern lab is located in the Department of Neurology at the University of Washington in Seattle. The lab's research focuses on ischemic injury of the brain, in particular the neonatal/developing brain. Ischemia is the term given to a loss of blood supply and can arise due to obstruction of a blood vessel (leading to a stroke), or from factors that are currently not well understood but which produce the brain injury that underlies cerebral palsy.

Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation CPI - Injury to the Preterm Brain and Cerebral Palsy - Part 1: Clinical Aspects of Injury to the Preterm Brain

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey 2007 Study documents Widespread Repair of Neonatal Brain Injury from Adult Stem Cells - Neuroscientists at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School have discovered that the neonatal brain possesses a previously unknown capacity to replace damaged neurons in multiple brain regions. Furthermore, their research reveals that the production of these new neurons lasts for at least five months following injury.Levison's study reveals that in addition to neurons acquiring new or different responsibilities, that another adaptive response, one that has not been suspected, occurs. Their data show that large numbers of new neurons are produced from the brain's resident stem cells during their recovery from injury. These findings suggest that these new neurons are further increasing the infant brain's ability to repair itself after injury.

Providing a wealth of information, solutions and leadership on issues related to brain injury . Services and Resources on the site reflect the best practices in the field of Traumatic Brain Injury

Citicoline Brain Injury Treatment (COBRIT) trial of the effects of 90 days of citicoline on functional outcome in patients with complicated mild, moderate and severe traumatic brain injury. Citicoline (also known as CDP-Choline) is a naturally occurring endogenous compound. Citicoline may have neuroprotective effects and may potentiate neuro-recovery which has led to the evaluation of it as treatment for both stroke and TBI in animal models and in human clinical trials.

NINDS - a Brain-Recording Device that Melts into Place - The technology could pave the way for better devices to monitor and control seizures, and to transmit signals from the brain past damaged parts of the spinal cord. "These implants have the potential to maximize the contact between electrodes and brain tissue, while minimizing damage to the brain. They could provide a platform for a range of devices with applications in epilepsy, spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders," said Walter Koroshetz, M.D., deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Information at CDC Centers for disease Control and Prevention - Your online source for credible health information

PubMed Abstract of hypothesis article reviewing the Mechanisms of Secondary Brain Injury

National Center on Physical Activity and Disability NCPAP Definition of Brain Injury

Ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to Evaluate the Effects of a Single Dose of Intravenous Premarin for the Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Acquired Brain Injury at Children, Youth and Women's Health Services - Parenting and Child Health CYH.com

Research/study hypothesis is that topiramate will reduce acute seizures after traumatic brain injury and will help prevent the development of epilepsy after traumatic brain injury.

The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience - the Johns Hopkins University - Asst Professor Mary Ann wilson, PhD - Mechanisms of Development, Plasticity and Injury in the Immature Brain

Hundreds of babies in the world are being treated with brain cooling to prevent brain injury after they lose oxygen at birth. This study will use the newly developed information from the magnet resonance image to determine the actual temperature of the brain. This will enable researchers to determine if the brain is being uniformly cooled and if techniques that provide cooling need to be changed to improve the injury prevention from cooling

The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library - Information and causes of birth injury

Preventable Infant Brain Damage on the Rise - The threat of kernicterus is returning - 2003 article

Spastic Hypertonia at UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System - TBI Inform - Spastic Hypertonia following Traumatic Brain Injury - Definition - Description - Understanding Muscle Tone - Treatment Options and Information

First and original facility to specialize in the neurologic applications of hyperbaric oxygenation and the potentially recoverable brain, treating stroke, coma, traumatic brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, anoxic encephalopathy and multiple sclerosis patients.

The SyNAPSe trial will study if giving intravenous (i.v.) progesterone within 8 hours of the injury for a total of 120 hours to severe traumatic brain injury patients improves their recovery.