Acquired Savant Syndrome and TBI
Savants are fascinating. How is it that they can have a unique and highly developed intellectual skill which is so far beyond what what we can do with our brains.…
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On the Road Again: 2013 Fall Conference Season is in Full Swing
The Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute (NRI) at Brookhaven Hospital will be busy this conference season attending and presenting at conferences across the country. The following is a schedule of conferences the…
ReadVideo Games as TBI Therapy
Video game therapy using Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect-supported virtual therapy has helped people with TBI improve their balance and gait according to a study by Ksenia Ustinova, PhD and Jan Perkins,…
ReadBrainline Interviews Ron Broughton
Brainline.org is a resource, a place of support and information, for anyone who deals with brain injury from the individuals with brain injury to their families as well as professionals…
ReadVA Suicides: So What Exactly is Suicide Awareness?
September is National Suicide Awareness month. It would be easy to jump on the band wagon by writing a story using all of the statistical information being blogged and bantered…
ReadThe brain’s capacity to regenerate
Professor Richard Faull delivered a TEDxAuckland talk on his research in neurogenesis which address the issues related to the brain’s ability to generate new cell growth. For years science has…
ReadNew approach to Veteran’s Treatment Courts in Oklahoma
There have been some new ideas coming out the VA Mental Health Summits currently being conducted by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) across the United States. One that is particularly…
ReadLegally Lethal: A Case Study
Last month, I attended a lecture given by Dr. Bo Burns, an ER doctor at Hillcrest Medical Center here in Tulsa. The topic was street drugs ranging from bath salts…
ReadUpcoming Webinar Addresses Youth Sports-related Concussion
Here on our NeuroNotes blog, we have been writing quite a bit about the effects of concussion, and specifically about concussion resulting from participation in sports activities. A crucial piece…
ReadKerouac, Concussions and CTE
I have always been a reader of the New Yorker and once in a great while there is an article which crosses over from my pleasure reading into my professional…
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