brain damage

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brain damage

Injury to the brain that is caused by various conditions, such as head trauma, inadequate oxygen supply, infection, or intracranial hemorrhage, and that may be associated with a behavioral or functional abnormality.

brain′-dam′aged (-dăm′ĭjd) adj.

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brain damage - injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.

nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system

harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

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Scientists who looked at 57,000 cases of dementia diagnosed before the age of 65 found that 39% could be attributed to alcohol-related brain damage.

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The babies were sent from the hospital last year to Dublin for brain cooling, which cuts the chance of brain damage by 50%.

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The event was organised by Sean Goddard, whose three-year-old son Travis was born with brain damage after the umbilical cord became wrapped around the baby's neck.

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An Auburn couple who blame doctors at UMass Memorial Medical Center for their young daughter's brain damage has won $4.

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5-year-old boy who had suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, putting him in a vegetative state, using his own cord blood containing stem cells.

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Concerns are growing that it is just a matter of time before a child is left with serious and permanent complications such as eye disorders, deafness or brain damage, or even dies," a PHW spokesman added.

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The aim of the project is to support people after brain damage when returning to work and increase their value in the labor market.

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Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells transplanted into the brains of newborn rats with birth-related brain damage survived and migrated, according to a study presented at a recent medical conference.

Rats treated with stem cells show neurological improvement

Objective: The objective of the present study is to observe the difference in the performance of schizophrenia, brain damage patients and normal individuals in their performance on Bender Gestalt Test.

DIFFERENTIAL PERFORMANCE PATTERNS ON BENDER GESTALT TEST AMONG SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS, BRAIN DAMAGED AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS

Both Schizophrenia and Brain damage is characterized by cognitive deficits.

DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BRAIN DAMAGED INDIVIDUALS ON BENDER GESTALT TEST

Ella Bryant-Brand was starved of oxygen and suffered brain damage at birth because midwives and doctors failed to respond when her umbilical cord became wrapped round her neck.