traumatic brain injury

Researchers model neural structures on the smallest scales to better understand traumatic brain injury

Compared to the monumental machines of science, things like the International Space Station or the Large Hadron Collider, the human brain doesn't look like much. However, this three-pound amalgam of squishy cells is one of the most complicated and complex structures in the known universe. - Evan Lerner via Researchers model neural structures on [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2014-05-25T23:02:38+10:00May 25th, 2014|Categories: Science & Research|Tags: Brain, cells, Lancet Neurology, neural development, neurons, traumatic brain injury|0 Comments

Child’s brain injury could lead to crime later in life

People who suffer a traumatic brain injury as a child are more likely to commit offenses as adults, researchers say. Professor Randolph Grace of the University of Canterbury, and Dr Audrey McKinlay from Melbourne's Monash University, studied Canterbury children who had experienced a brain injury as a child from birth to 17 years old. The [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2012-12-03T14:21:50+11:00December 2nd, 2012|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: brain injury, children, crime, traumatic brain injury|0 Comments