Alan Quasha and Concussions
There has been new research on concussions (in medical terms known as molecular mechanism in mild TBI, mTBI), undertaken by Douglas Smith MD, Neurosurgery Professor and Center for Brain Injury and Repair Director. Such information is always helpful to any organization or individual trying to help those who have suffered a TBI, especially Alan Quasha and the team he chairs at the American Brain Trauma Foundation. This kind of trauma, seen as ‘mild’ impacts more than a million Americans annually. Somehow, despite this statistic, it is still dismissed as a major health issue. Nonetheless, a concussion can result in long-term cognitive and neurological problems.
A man like Alan Quasha, along with his team at the Brain Trauma Foundation, has to keep up-to-date with new information on TBI and indeed TBI although to date, little has been researched on TBI. This recent research was conducted on data stemming from animal and human studies, two to four days following an injury using neuroimaging techniques. It found “distinct changes throughout the white matter in the brain.” All those involved in treating TBI patients need to keep updated on research findings such as these.
