Showing posts with label traumatic brain injury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traumatic brain injury. Show all posts

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Potential Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD

  Methylphenidate improved attention, post concussion symptoms and PTSD symptoms. Galantamine improved episodic memory. Both drugs improved depression in TBI and PTSD patients.
Neuropsychopharmacology 2015 Sept 11

Sunday, March 24, 2013

New Imaging Method for Early Detection of Traumatic Brain Injury

  Five retired profesional football players age 45 and older with a history of concussions underwent PET scanning after IV injections of FDNNP, a chemical marker which binds to amyloid beta and tau .
  Compared with healthy males, the former pro athletes had elevated levels of FDNNP in the amygdala and subcortical regions of their brains.
  Additionally, higher levels of FDNNP correlated with a higher number of reported concussions.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry online Jan 22, 2013