Genotype Influence on Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain InjuryGenetic differences in response to brain injury may reasonably be expected to play a role in the initial consequences of traumatic brain injury and in the rate of recovery from such injury.
Eye Tracking Technology in the Diagnosis of Neurological Patients
Postcomatose Unawareness StateMinimally Conscious State8 moreDemonstrating that diagnostics of the state of consciousness and cognitive functions of patients with consciousness disorders performed using C-Eye X (based on eye-tracking technology) allows a more objective assessment of state of patients who were wrongly diagnosed based on popular methods using in a clinical practice (like behavioural scales on paper forms).
The Use of Bispectral Index Monitoring to Assess Depth of Sedation in Patients With Traumatic Brain...
Traumatic Brain InjuryAn observational study to assess the BIS reported level of sedation of patients with traumatic brain injury in the ICU.
Synaptic Density, Tau and Multiparametric PET-MR in Brain Trauma, Stroke and Mild Cognitive or Behavioral...
Neuro-Degenerative DiseaseAlzheimer's disease, stroke and TBI are frequently observed brain disorders, causing significant morbidity. For none of these disorders, there are in vivo diagnostic biomarkers available that allow determination of disease burden, patient-specific prognosis and therapy follow-up. However, they all share a similar mechanism that may cause accumulation of tau oligomers in the brain, synaptic dysfunction and cognitive and/or behavioral impairment. Until recently, the only way to quantify synaptic density and tau deposition was using post-mortem immunohistochemistry. Now, in vivo Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of synaptic density has become possible trough development of 11C-UCB-J, a levetiracetam-based radioligand, expressing high affinity and specificity for SV2A. Furthermore, the novel radioligand 18F-MK-6240, specifically targeting tau deposits, was clinically implemented in our center. Through PET-MR, we can visualize the cascade of tau deposition, synaptic loss and degeneration of grey and white matter and relate these pathologic features to cognitive and behavioral deterioration. The goal of the study is to: 1) measure tau deposition and loss of synaptic density in these conditions as a potential measure for disease load 2) determination of the mid-term (2 years) monitoring capacity of combined functional-structural PET-MR imaging 3) relate progression of the imaging markers to cognitive and/or behavioral decline and 4) determination of the optimal combination of PET-MR metrics for early identification and risk-stratification of cognitive and/or behavioral dysfunction in de novo patients.
Swallowing Disorders in Minimally Consciousness Patients (MCS)
Swallowing DisorderTraumatic Brain InjuryThis study aimed to characterize swallowing disorders in minimally consciousness patients after brain traumatic injury.
Prevalence of Acute Critical Neurological Disease in Children: a Global Epidemiological Assessment...
Cardiac ArrestStroke5 morePANGEA is an international prospective point prevalence study to describe the epidemiology, interventions, and outcomes in children with acute critical brain disease.
Alterations in the Brain's Connectome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain InjuryDisorders of ConsciousnessThis study explores the changes in whole-brain connectivity that occur during recovery from severe Traumatic Brain Injury and how these changes are related to the recovery of consciousness. Multimodal neuroimaging techniques will be used in a longitudinal fashion while patients are undergoing neurorehabilitation and after one-year of the TBI episode.
Frontoparietal Priority Maps as Biomarkers for MTBI
TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)Ocular Motility DisordersThe purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a quantitative relationship between brain processes seen by a MRI and visual deficits caused by mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries (mTBI).
Multimodal Approach to Testing the Acute Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
ConcussionMildThe objective of the study is to determine the relative roles for various testing modalities in the diagnosis and prognosis of mild traumatic brain injury.
Cerebral Microstructural Changes Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain ConcussionThis study examine the possible microstructural changes in the middle brain after mTBI using diffusion MRI