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Parents’ Experiences Following Children’s Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clash of Cultures

Posted on September 06th 2011
Little is understood about parents’ experiences following children’s moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Using descriptive phenomenology, we explored common experiences of parents whose children were diagnosed with moderate to severe TBI. Parents from across the United States (N = 42, from 37 families) participated in two semistructured interviews (~ 90 minutes in length and 12 to 15 months apart) in the first 5 years following children’s TBI. First interviews were in person. Second interviews, done in person or by phone, facilitated updating parents’ experiences and garnering their critique of the descriptive model. Parent themes were (a) grateful to still have my child, (b) grieving for the child I knew, (c) running on nerves, and (d) grappling to get...

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Neural Stem Cells Over-Expressing Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Stimulate Synaptic Protein Expression and Promote Functional Recovery Following Transplantation in Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Posted on September 06th 2011
In this study, we used neural stem cells (NSCs) genetically modified to encode BDNF gene (BDNF/NSCs) and naive NSCs transplantation and found that BDNF/NSCs significantly improved neurological motor function following traumatic brain injury (TBI) on selected behavioral tests. Our data clearly demonstrate that the transplantation of BDNF/NSCs causes overexpression of BDNF in the brains of TBI rats. The number of surviving engrafted cells and the proportion of engrafted cells with a neuronal phenotype were significantly greater in BDNF/NSCs than in naive NSCs-transplanted rats. The expression of pre- and post-synaptic proteins and a regeneration-associated gene in the BDNF/NSCs-transplanted rats was significantly increased compared to that in NSCs-transplanted rats, especially at the early s...


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Parents’ Experiences Following Children’s Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clash of Cultures

Posted on September 06th 2011
Little is understood about parents’ experiences following children’s moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Using descriptive phenomenology, we explored common experiences of parents whose children were diagnosed with moderate to severe TBI. Parents from across the United States (N = 42, from 37 families) participated in two semistructured interviews (~ 90 minutes in length and 12 to 15 months apart) in the first 5 years following children’s TBI. First interviews were in person. Second interviews, done in person or by phone, facilitated updating parents’ experiences and garnering their critique of the descriptive model. Parent themes were (a) grateful to still have my child, (b) grieving for the child I knew, (c) running on nerves, and (d) grappling to get...

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Substance use among persons with traumatic brain injury: A review. – West SL.

Posted on September 05th 2011
This paper provides a review of the current literature in the area of substance use and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Collectively, these studies demonstrate that substance use and SUD are common in the TBI population both pre- and post-injury, are a frequ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))


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Substance use among persons with traumatic brain injury: A review. – West SL.

Posted on September 05th 2011
This paper provides a review of the current literature in the area of substance use and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Collectively, these studies demonstrate that substance use and SUD are common in the TBI population both pre- and post-injury, are a frequ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))


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