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Neuropsychological progress severe traumatic brain injury in childhood

Eight severe TBI teen patients were assessed neuropsychologically 1,
7 and 14 years after injury. Performance of verbal IQ declined over
assessments. Verbal learning was most impaired.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223744
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Sleep Disorders Medicine: Basic Science, Technical Considerations,
and Clinical Aspects
by Sudhansu Chokroverty, Robert B. Daroff

Comprehensive tome on basic aspects of sleep, sleep technology, and
clinical science of sleep.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/075069954X/top100
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Neuropsychological progress during 14 years after severe traumatic
brain injury in childhood and adolescence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223744

The application of functional MRI of memory in temporal lobe epilepsy
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15230713

Methylphenidate does not improve cognitive function in healthy sleep-
deprived young adults.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15222409

Neuroimaging of hypoxia and cocaine-induced hippocampal stroke.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15228774

Seizure outcome after anterior temporal lobectomy and its predictors
in patients with apparent temporal lobe epilepsy and normal MRI.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15230705

Deficit of preparatory attention in frontotemporal dementia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223187

Medial prefrontal cortex activity associated with symptom provocation
in eating disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15229057

Interpreting the meaning individuals ascribe to returning to work
after traumatic brain injury
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223746

Attitudes towards behavioural versus organic acquisition of brain
injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223739

Threat appraisal and avoidance after traumatic brain injury
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223740

Estimated cost of inpatient admissions and outpatient appointments
for a population with epilepsy
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15230712

Changes in cerebral and autonomic activity heralding periodic limb
movements in sleep.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223001

The value of melatonin for sleep disorders occurring post-head injury
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15223743

Sleepwalking violence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15229043

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