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Fundamental Human Rights, Legal Rights, and Civil Rights for People with Brain Injuries; the Brain Injury Survivor Movement; Our Collective Identity and Common Purpose; the Human, Legal and Civil Rights Issues of People with Brain Injuries
Source: Brain Injury Network

Denmark study not showing link between head injury and increased subsequent parkinsons.
Source: NCBI.

How to Save New Brain Cells
Fresh neurons arise in the adult brain every day. New research suggests that the cells ultimately help with learning complex tasks—and the more they are challenged, the more they flourish
By Tracey J. Shors
From the March 2009 Scientific American Magazine
© 2010 Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Support organization in Sacramento, California. Initiated by five families of survivors in over 3 decades ago. Incorporated in California in 2001. Head trauma (TBI) support groups. Families, survivors and providers involved.

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organization sand health sciences libraries.
Links to health statistics and data sets as well as resources to support data collection.
Sections: Health Information Technology and Standards | Health Statistics | National Public Health Data Sets | State and Local Public Health Data Sets | Public Health Infrastructure Data | Search for Other Tools | Tools for Data Collection and Planning
Source: United States National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health

Head and Spinal Cord Injury Section of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN) is the state agency that plans, develops, coordinates and funds services for South Carolinians with severe, lifelong disabilities of mental retardation, autism, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and similar disability.
Phone Numbers:
Agency Receptionist: (803) 898-9600
V / TTY: (803) 898-9600
Fax: (803) 898-9653
Toll Free: 1-888-DSN-INFO (376-4636)
Street Address:
S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
3440 Harden St. Ext.
Columbia, SC 29203
Mailing Address:
S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
PO Box 4706
Columbia, SC 29240

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Free Resources for Science Teachers and Students.
"Making your Mind: Molecules, Motion, and Memory" (free DVD).
Searchable video.
Webcast lectures. Podcast.
Virtual labs including the neurophysiology lab.
Topics: Neuroscience, etc.
See also www.hhmi.org

Hospital Members of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
4000 Kruse Way Place
Building 2, Suite 100
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035
503-636-2204 | Fax: 503-636-8310
info@oahhs.org

Online access to your ... Riverside Regional Medical Center will maintain Level II trauma designation ... MayoClinic.com Health Library...

Find trials for a specific medical condition or other criteria in the ClinicalTrials.gov registry. ClinicalTrials.gov currently has 76 ... Learn about clinical trials and how to use ClinicalTrials.gov, or access other consumer health information from the US National Institutes of Health. ... U.S. National Library of Medicine...

The research was funded by the U.S. ... Researchers Unlock Key To Memory Storage In Brain (Apr. 20, 2007) — Scientists know little about how the brain chooses cells to encode and store memories. Now a UCLA-University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron ...

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