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Minimally Invasive Removal of Deep Subcortical Hemorrhage
Wednesday, April 24, 2019—Minimally invasive techniques have been used to treat deep subcortical hemorrhages successfully. In 2 abstracts, presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons…
Blood Test for TBI Licensed for Use and Development on Abbot Laboratory Instruments
Thursday, April 18, 2019—A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved blood test for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also known as concussion, may become more widely available soon. The blood tes…
FDA Warns About Unapproved Devices for Diagnosing and Treating Concussion
Thursday, April 11, 2019—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning regarding tools being marketed for assessing, diagnosing, or managing concussion that are not FDA-approved. The FDA…
Database of Eye-Tracking Movements Could Aid Diagnosis and Treatment
Wednesday, April 03, 2019—Eye-tracking technology (Brain Health EyeQ; RightEye, Bethesda, MD) that captures data on people’s eye movements has been used to produce a database of 1 billion data po…
First US Clinical Trial of Cannabinoid Supplements for Traumatic Brain Injury
Thursday, February 21, 2019—The first clinical study (NCT03826368) in the US to assess the effectiveness of plant-derived cannabinoid supplements for recovery from traumatic brain injury will begin in Co…
Premarket Clearance Request Filed for Robotic Neurovascular Intervention
Friday, February 15, 2019—A premarket clearance request for a neurovascular intervention platform (CorPath GRX System; Corindus Vascular Robotics, Waltham, MA) has been filed with the Food and Drug Adm…
Study Shows That Learning Processes May Determine Severity of PTSD Symptoms
Friday, February 08, 2019—Findings from a study published in Nature Neurosciencereveal distinct patterns for how the brain and body respond when learning about danger and safety. The findings coul…
Risk of Mood and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders Increased 3 and 6 Months After Concussion
Thursday, February 07, 2019—Results from the TRACK-TBI study (NCT02119182), recently published in JAMA Psychiatry show that approximately 1 in 5 individuals who have mild traumatic brain injury…
