Recent controversies have focused on whether shaking can injure the infant brain and if a
diagnosis of SBS can be confidently made and distinguished from accidents (short falls) and …

The diagnosis of non-accidental head injury (NAHI) is controversial, emotive and difficult.
The 'stakes' are high for the affected child, its carers and the caring professions involved in …

Shaken Baby Syndrome is a form of child abuse estimated to occur to one in 20,000 babies
and presumed to occur when a carer cannot cope with a constantly crying child and so gives …

Instrumented surrogate head models–each of which exhibits varying degrees of complexity–
are employed to study traumatic brain injury and mild traumatic brain injury. Despite …

Deliberate inflicted trauma to children has irrefutably occurred for centuries but the notion of
non-accidental injury (NAI) as a distinct clinical entity has only relatively recently been …

Sports concussions have received an increasing amount of attention in the media over the
past decade. The concerns over the short and long term effects of concussion have trickled …

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The arachnoid tissue is a critical component for the removal of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and
other substances. Failure results in hydrocephalus, increased intracranial pressure, and …