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TBI.pdf
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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Epidemiology of TBI
• 1-2 million Americans injured each year
Mechanisms of Injury
Contact forces
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Inertial forces
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Coup and Counter- Coup Injuries
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Blast injury
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Cellular Response to Injury
Focal damage vs. Diffuse injury
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Acute Cellular and Neurochemical Effects of TBI
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Acute Cellular and Neurochemical Effects of TBI
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Acute Cellular and Neurochemical Effects of TBI
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Acute Cellular and Neurochemical Effects of TBI
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Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)
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Tau Pathology and Tangle Formation
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Relationship of neurobiology and neurobehavior
Changes in cognition
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Changes in personality
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Lack of awareness of deficits
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Psychiatric disorders
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