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New research from Annals of Neurology Editor-in-Chief Dr. Clifford Saper and his team pinpoints a group of cells in the brain that play a role in healthy sleep.
Learn more: Galanin neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic area promote sleep and heat loss in mice
Traumatic head injury can have widespread effects in the brain, but now scientists can look in real time at how head injury affects thousands of individual cells and genes simultaneously in mice. This approach could lead to precise treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study, reported in Nature Communications, was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and...
Markedly fewer concussions occurred following a minor-seeming rule change in Ivy League college football, an analysis of team physician reports found.
Concussion rates dropped 81% -- from 10.93 to 2.04 per 1,000 plays -- after kickoffs were moved up 5 yards to the 40-yard line in 2016, which had the effect of cutting the frequency of returns, reported Douglas Wiebe, PhD, of the...
Nearly half a million kids visit ERs in the U.S. each year due to head injuries, and many of them undergo CT scans — but few of those scans show signs of traumatic brain injury. In a new paper, researchers looking for ways to curb unnecessary CT use in kids tested out a decision-making tool designed by the Mayo Clinic that walks parents through their child's care and asks what steps they'd...
The president today signed H.R. 6157, which includes FY 2019 funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies. The package provides $39.1 billion for NIH, a $2 billion (5.4 percent) increase over the comparable FY 2018 funding level.
The ANA thanks all Representatives and Senators who voted for the conference agreement, as well as Appropriations and Labor-HHS...
