Altered Brain Connectivity in Posttraumatic Headache: Insights into Potential Biomarkers and Neuroplasticity (7/18/24 Internship Newsletter)

This week’s lead article, Altered Brain Connectivity in Posttraumatic Headache: Insights into Potential Biomarkers and Neuroplasticity, is in the Pathophysiology category.

Welcome to the first newsletter of our 2024 Summer Concussion Education & Advocacy Internship! This summer, we’ll be publishing newsletters every week to give our fantastic cohort of interns opportunities to practice their accessible science writing skills! You can learn more about the internship program here.

In this newsletter: Opportunities, Pathophysiology, Self Care, Veterans & Service Members, Statistics, and Youth.

We appreciate the Concussion Alliance interns who created this edition:
Writers: Sahil Bains, Zoe Marquis, Sam Gossard, Gabriel Marotti, and Adalia Shultz

Editors: Malayka Gormally and Conor Gormally

Do you find the Concussion Update helpful? If so, forward this to a friend and suggest they subscribe.


Opportunities

Action alert from the Brain Injury Association of America: the U.S. Congress may cut all of the CDC’s brain injury and concussion-specific programs, including HEADS UP and the National Concussion Surveillance System. Click here for an easy form to contact your representative.
The form will automatically send your message to your U.S. Representative. You can optionally customize your message by adding your representative’s name, which you can find here by inputting your zip code.

August 20, 4 pm EDT: A live webinar, Attention and Information Processing Speed Following Brain Injury – An Interdisciplinary Approach, presented by Tracy Graham, MSP, CCC-SLP, CBIS, Amanda Heys, OTR/L, and Tori Stramara, DPT, CBIS, and hosted by the Brain Injury Association of America. Free to patients, $50 for CE credit; register in advance.


Pathophysiology

Altered Brain Connectivity in Posttraumatic Headache: Insights into Potential Biomarkers and Neuroplasticity


Self Care

Nutrients common in the Mediterranean diet may promote healthy brain aging; novel study of nutrients in blood plasma, cognitive tests, and brain imaging 


Veterans & Service Members

High cumulative blast exposure in military personnel is associated with worsening brain function and lower quality of life


Statistics

Study finds 1 in 8 older Americans suffered TBI in a representative cohort


Youth

Children sustaining concussions outside of sports see specialists later and have less access to appropriate care despite being more common than sport-related concussions

Previous
Previous

Brain white matter changes following repetitive head hits in a single sporting event (7/25/24 Internship Newsletter)

Next
Next

Prior head injury is associated with a 34% increased risk of stroke in older adults (6/27/24 Newsletter)