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  2. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the BU School of Medicine (now the BU CTE Center) started the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank at the Bedford Veterans Administration Hospital to analyze the effects of CTE and other neurodegenerative diseases on the brain and spinal cord of athletes, military veterans, and civilians.

  3. Complications of traumatic brain injury - Wikipedia

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    Traumatic brain injury (TBI, physical trauma to the brain) can cause a variety of complications, health effects that are not TBI themselves but that result from it. The risk of complications increases with the severity of the trauma; [1] however even mild traumatic brain injury can result in disabilities that interfere with social interactions, employment, and everyday living. [2]

  4. Cerebral hypoxia - Wikipedia

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    In some cases coma can allow the brain to heal and regenerate, [34] but, in general, the longer a coma, the greater the likelihood that the person will remain in a vegetative state until death. [9] Even if the patient wakes up, brain damage is likely to be significant enough to prevent a return to normal functioning.

  5. Altered level of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    A lowered level of consciousness indicate a deficit in brain function. [4] Level of consciousness can be lowered when the brain receives insufficient oxygen (as occurs in hypoxia); insufficient blood (as occurs in shock, in children for example due to intussusception); or has an alteration in the brain's chemistry. [3]

  6. Olympic Skier Tereza Nová in a Medically Induced Coma After ...

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    Tereza Nová, an Olympic alpine skier, is in a medically induced coma. The Czech athlete, 26, was hospitalized with a serious head injury after experiencing a fall while training in Garmisch ...

  7. Reflex syncope - Wikipedia

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    The underlying mechanism involves the nervous system slowing the heart rate and dilating blood vessels, resulting in low blood pressure and thus not enough blood flow to the brain. [2] Diagnosis is based on the symptoms after ruling out other possible causes. [3] Recovery from a reflex syncope episode happens without specific treatment. [2]

  8. Brain injury - Wikipedia

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    Not everyone fully heals from brain damage, but it is possible to have a full recovery. Brain injuries are very hard to predict in outcome. Many tests and specialists are needed to determine the likelihood of the prognosis. People with minor brain damage can have debilitating side effects; not just severe brain damage has debilitating effects. [49]

  9. Cerebral contusion - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral contusion (Latin: contusio cerebri), a form of traumatic brain injury, is a bruise of the brain tissue. [2] Like bruises in other tissues, cerebral contusion can be associated with multiple microhemorrhages, small blood vessel leaks into brain tissue. Contusion occurs in 20–30% of severe head injuries. [3]