Protect Your Brain…Why? – Video

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20-11-2011 13:40 According to research published in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, the development of aggressive behavior after brain injury is linked to injury location and gene expression. The article,Prefrontal cortex lesions and MAO-A modulate aggression in penetrating traumatic brain injury," is authored by a group headed by Jordan Grafman, PhD, director of traumatic brain injury research at Kessler Foundation. This is a follow-up study to the Vietnam Veterans Head Injury Project, which monitors long-term sequelae in more than 200 veterans with penetrating brain injury. Aggressive behavior develops in some individuals after traumatic brain injury--the signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Aggressive behavior not only hinders rehabilitation and recovery after brain injury, it's devastating to families. kesslerfoundation.org Head injury has become known as the "signature injury" of the Iraq war. The Website of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), a congressionally funded research and outreach agency, cites a brain injury rate of 62% among troops returning from combat duty in Iraq. Blast-related TBI, an effect of the over-pressurized shock wave that ripples out from an explosion, is a particular concern in the current conflicts. In the Walter Reed study, about half the soldiers reported having been exposed to at least one blast; 60% of these blast victims sustained a brain injury. A study published by Army ...

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