The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that has been around a long time. We've all seen patients hooked to a monitor with multiple electrodes taped to their heads. The EEG records overall electrical activity in the brain and is especially useful in evaluating...
The vast majority of the information presented in this blog describes head injury and concussion's impact on visual function. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can disturb eyesight independent of damage to the eyeball. The close connection between the eye and brain has...
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was created in 1974 by academics Bryan Jennet and Graham Teasdale to evaluate coma and impaired consciousness in an emergency setting. The scale employs three clinical findings: eye response, motor (muscle) response and verbal response....
CBS news reported this week (2/15/18)- "The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injury gets FDA approval." One purpose of this blog is to keep the public aware of the rapidly changing field of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). It seems as though...
So why would an ophthalmologist be interested in neuroimaging- the results of a CT scan or MRI of the brain? First, the brain and eye work together closely and are actually attached. Secondly, to make the discussion straightforward, to take away the fog surrounding...