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May 8, 2017 Cerebellum of CIVM postnatal rat brain atlas. Credit: Neurolex New research from the University of British Columbia confirms for the first time that even mild brain injury can result in impulse control problems in rats. The study, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, also found that the impulsivity problems may be linked to levels of an inflammatory molecule in the brain, and suggest that targeting the molecule could be helpful for treatment. "Few studies have looked at whether traumatic brain injuries cause impulse control problems," said the study's lead author, Cole Vonder Haar, a former postdoctoral research fellow in the UBC department of psychology who is now an assistant professor at West Virginia University. "This is partly because people who experience a brain injury are sometimes risk-takers, making it difficult to know if impulsivity preceded the brain injury or was caused by it. But our study confirms for the first time that even a mild brain injury can cause impulse control problems." For the study, researchers gave rats with brain injuries a reward test to measure impulsivity. Rats that were unable to wait for the delivery of a large reward, and instead preferred an immediate, but small … Continue reading →

The 40-year-old, from Malpas in Cheshire, is in intensive care after she fell from her 14-year-old gelding Topwood Beau at the third fence of the cross-country course on Saturday. Mrs Gilruth's brother-in-law Andrew Gilruth told the Telegraph: "With any significant injury it's going to be about a week before anybody knows but she's heading in the right direction. "She was on one of the non-technical fences [when the accident occurred]. There's no indication that its not all recoverable the problem is we just don't know yet...you just have to wait and see how it progresses. "All the medical support was there, you couldn't ask for any more than that. The medical cover for Badminton is very rigorous you couldn't fault that. It's planned with meticulous detail and all the team know exactly what they're doing." Julian Seaman, from the Badminton Trials, saw the accident and said Mrs Gilruth fell having negotiated a fence after either the rider or the horse misjudge the distance. "To be honest it's a big challenge of a course but it was surprisingly early on that she had a hiccup like that but one a cross country course, every course is a challenge," he said. Continue … Continue reading →

OLYMPIA More than two dozen residents with severe mental disabilities at Washingtons Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island will stop being warehoused and start getting treatment that could help them. A settlement in a case against the center and the Department of Social and Health Services is expected to clear the way to develop new treatment programs for 27 current and any future residents who are sexual predators with mental disabilities that keep them participating in standard programs designed to treat the behavior that resulted in their commitment. The problems range from low IQ and learning disabilities to brain injuries, according to the lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Washington in February. The center has a five-step system that sexual predators may complete to qualify for less restrictive confinement or release, but the mental disabilities of the 27 residents in question keep them from taking part. The center has no alternative system. As a result, the residents are essentially stuck in place. It runs the gamut, said Rachael Seevers, staff attorney for Disability Rights Washington. A lot of them had been there for a very long time, essentially warehoused. Those residents are routinely punished for behavior such as failing to follow … Continue reading →