URMC Leads Push for New Approaches to Brain Injury In the race to more accurately diagnose the severity of head injuries quickly and without a CT scan, a University of Rochester Medical Center expert has a leading role in two nationwide studies that are launching this spring. The first project involves testing a small, hand-held […]

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 Anti-Depressants Boost Brain Cells after Injury in Early Studies Observation in Patients Leads Neurosurgeon to Take a Closer Look Anti-depressants may help spur the creation and survival of new brain cells after brain injury, according to a study by neurosurgeons at the University of Rochester Medical Center. New astrocytes generated in the hippocampus after treatment […]

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