Neuropathology (CONCUSSIONS) with Dr. Mary Alexis Iaccarino
Hi, last week I fell down a flight of stairs. Then I went to the hospital. Then I emailed Dr. Mary Alexis Iaccarino, a Harvard Medical School professor and specialist in rehabilitation from traumatic brain injuries. I asked her all about what happens during a concussion, when to be worried, how long it takes to heal, when a person should get their ass to a hospital, what a brain scan can tell us about a head injury, what it CAN’T tell us about a head injury, if you can fall asleep after a head injury, and the differences between mTBI, TBI, SRC, CTE and even ATGATT. Plus: bike helmets, Natasha Richardson, fruit fly role models and some truly infuriating statistics on who gets mTBI treatment and who doesn’t. And stay tuned for a bonus episode on what happens when bighorn sheep bash their skulls together.
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Links you may enjoy:
Dr. Jane McGonigal’s Ludology (VIDEO GAMES) episode
Jane’s new book, “Imaginable” is due out March 22,2022!
Brain Injury Association of America
CDC reports on health disparities and TBIs
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Concussion study via ConcussionFoundation.org
Boston University’s concussion research program
A Review of the Role of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Criminal Court
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2021 Mar; 49(1): 60–65.
Management of Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Synthesis of Practice Guidelines
Review of the neurological benefits of phytocannabinoids
Potential links between teenage concussion and MS
Concussion in adolescence and the risk of multiple sclerosis: A retrospective cohort study
Financial burdens of brain injury
What is traumatic brain injury?
Concussive convulsions: seizure or no seizure?
Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents
“Kids with concussions can get back to school and screens faster than we thought”
Clinical review: Ketones and brain injury
Why do I see stars in my vision?
A snake lady: post-concussion syndrome manifesting visual hallucinations of snakes
Bike helmets on Consumer Reports
Fruit fly brains and concussions!
Multiple concussions and suboptimal pathways
Concussion in adolescence and the risk of multiple sclerosis: A retrospective cohort study
Concussion foundation.org list
TEDxTalk: Why concussions have been great for sports
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