Research on the cellular mechanisms underlying mental fatigue suggest a dysfunction in the astroglial support of the glutamate transmission. Glutamate signaling is essential for information processing, including learning and memory.
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Describes brain volume changes and related cognitive/motor deficits in homeless persons with or without TBI versus controls.
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Feel like you can’t get organized after your brain injury? Here are some simple but effective strategies that can help you get on track
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This fact sheet explains memory problems that may affect people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). By understanding the new limits on their memory and ways to help overcome those limits, people with TBI can still get things done every day.
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Short-term memory loss is very common after a brain injury – thankfully there are plenty of coping strategies available. Typical situations include forgetting people’s names, losing a train of thought, getting lost at the shops, repeating or forgetting past conversations, misplacing objects and difficulty learning new skills.
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Coping skills and strategies to help improve memory following concussion.
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Vestibular disorders can affect your ability to think, specifically to pay attention and concentrate, to remember, to reason, and to problem solve. Often times, you may find you are easily distracted, both by external stimuli (others talking, TV) and by internal stimuli (your thoughts and feelings).
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After a traumatic brain injury, patients can experience a variety of problems, such as the perception of time. There are steps that can be followed to help with time perception by establishing basic routines, breaking down tasks, and establishing prompts to promote accuracy with time.
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After a TBI it is common for people to have problems with attention, concentration, speech and language, learning and memory, reasoning, planning and problem-solving.
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Ideas, activities, and strategies for improving cognition, including memory, problem-solving, orientation, organization, and reasoning.
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