Abstract Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease thought
to be caused, at least in part, by repetitive brain trauma, including concussive and …

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been linked to participation in contact sports
such as boxing and American football. CTE results in a progressive decline of memory and …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

The bold and thrilling quest to finally understand the brain We know that each of us is
unique, but science has struggled to pinpoint where, precisely, our uniqueness resides. Is it …

One of the most important findings that has emerged from human behavioral genetics
involves the environment rather than heredity, providing the best available evidence for the …

Objective: To determine the relationship between exposure to repeated head impacts
through tackle football prior to age 12, during a key period of brain development, and later …

Neural plasticity--the brain's ability to change in response to normal developmental
processes, experience, and injury--is a critically important phenomenon for both …

In the United States, approximately 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
annually; these injuries account for 1.365 million emergency room visits and 275,000 …

Nanotechnology is often associated with materials fabrication, microelectronics, and
microfluidics. Until now, the use of nanotechnology and molecular self assembly in …

An up-to-date, integrated analysis of the language disturbances associated with brain
pathology, this book examines the different types of aphasia combining two clinical …