Recommended Websites

General

Brain Injury Association of America

Brain Injury Fact Sheet, March 2001

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

"NINDS Cerebral Hypoxia Information Page"

"Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep," July 3, 2003

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"Mass Trauma Preparedness and Response: Glasgow Coma Scale"

"Traumatic Brain Injury: Heads Up: Facts for Physicians about Mild Traumatic Brain Injury"

"Executive Summary," in Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress, December 1999

South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs

Head Injury: A Family Guide, South Carolina State Government

Brain Basics

University of Texas at San Antonio, "Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Development"

Eric H. Chudler, "Neuroscience for Kids: Glia," University of Washington

Mari Hopper, "Nervous System Notes #1," from Biology 2401 Anatomy and Physiology I, Palo Alto College, Alamo Community College District

Travis Langley, "Neurotransmitters," Henderson State University

Physician's Tests

Steven Igou, "Understanding Diagnostic Tests"

Brickford Y. Brown, Eric George Reeves and Christopher J. Wesser, "Are We Out of the Gray Area Yet? Recent Developments in the Use of PET and SPECT Scans to Prove Causation and Injury in Toxic Tort Litigation," Moran Kiker Brown

The Radiology Society of North America, "Functional MR Imaging,"

James W. Edmondson, MD, ed., "Inner Visions," Indiana University Medicine, Fall 2002

Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, "Atlas of Brain Perfusion SPECT: Radiopharmaceuticals used for Brain Perfusion SPECT," July 20, 1995

Magnetic Resonance Center, University of California, San Francisco, "Breast MRI Contrast Agent: Gadolinium"

Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, "Overview-Primary Brain Tumors,"

Society of Critical Care Medicine and World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, "Indications for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Pediatric Patients with Severe Brain Injury," Chapter 5 in Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants, Children and Adolescents, Oregon Health and Science University

Timothy C. Hain, MD, "Vestibular Testing"

Robert Kohn, MD, “TBI Brain Spect images”

Stem Cell Research

National Institutes of Health, "Stem Cell Information: Basic Questions"

"The Stem Cell Debate: The Basics: Common Questions," Time Online

Christopher Reeve, interview by John King, Late Edition, CNN, July 30, 2001, transcript, "Christopher Reeve on Politics and Stem Cell Research"

Jessica Reaves, "The Great Debate over Stem Cell Research," Time Online, July 11, 2001

Office of the Press Secretary, "Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research," The White House, August 9, 2001

Miscellaneous Articles

"‘Hidden Danger’ of Brain Damage," Health, BBC News, August 1, 1998

J. Travis, "Stopgap Measure Could Limit Stroke Damage," Science News Online, October 10, 1998

Elizabeth Crown, "Chemical Extends Stroke Treatment Time," Observer Online, January 15, 2004

U.S. Department of Labor, "The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990"

Neuropsychology and Counseling Associates, "What is a Concussion?"

North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Committees, "What is a Neuro-Ophthalmologist?"

Antoinette Appel, "What is a Neuropsychologist?"