Brain Trauma and Lou Gehrig’s Disease
The New York Times published a very interesting article describing a new study that suggests that brain trauma–like concussions and other head injuries–can over time cause damage that looks like Lou...
View ArticleGray Matter on the Gridiron – What Does Neuroscience Have to Do with Football?
The question on most people’s minds this Sunday will be “Packers or Steelers?” not “What does the Super Bowl have to do with your brain?” For those of us who are interested in neuroscience, though, it...
View ArticleConcussions and Hockey – What Can Be Done?
This past Super Bowl weekend, I wrote about some interesting connections between neuroscience and football, including a variety of statistics and opinions about brain injuries and football. Now that...
View ArticleMouth Guards and Chin Straps to Predict Concussion Risk in Real-Time?
We’ve written about the high incidence of debilitating concussions related to sports like football and ice hockey on this blog before. We could easily write about other sports that can injure your...
View ArticleNFL Play Leads to Higher Risk of Death from Alzheimer’s and ALS
A recent study in the journal Neurology looked at thousands of former NFL players and found that they suffered a higher incidence of death from conditions like Alzheimer’s and ALS (also known as Lou...
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Head Injuries in Youth May Increase Dementia Risk in Aging
A recent study has found some very troubling results: youth who experience head injuries may experience an increased risk of dementia as they age. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience,...
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A New Tool for Detecting Brain Injury: Music Videos
What do music videos have to do with brain injuries? A new study has found that music videos can be an effective tool for detecting brain injury, because they provide an excellent media source for...
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