Everything on brain injury in plain language
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Impact of brain injury per brain area
Left hemisphere
Right hemisphere
Amygdala
Aqueduct of Sylvius
Basal ganglia
Blood Vessels
Brainstem
Brodmann areas
Capsula interna
Caudate nucleus
Cerebellum / 'little brain'
Ataxia
CCAS
Cingulate Gyrus
Corpus callosum - brainbar
Cortex cerebri
Cortex Orbitofrontalis
Diffuse injury
Focal Injury
Fornix
Frontal lobes
Globus pallidus
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
Insula
Lenticular nucleus
Limbic system
Medulla Oblongata
Mesencephalon / midbrain
Occipital lobes
Parietal lobes
Pineal gland-epiphysis
Pituitary gland
Acromegaly - excessive growth hormone
Addison's crisis
Pons
Putamen
Striatum
Substantia nigra
Subthalamic nucleus
Temporal lobes
Thalamus
Ventricles
White Matter Abnormalities - WMA
For whom / Site Map
For the person with brain injury
For the professional
For the care giver
Types of brain injury - brain disorders
What is acquired brain injury?
What is congenital brain injury?
General information on causes
Traumatic Brain Injury -TBI
CCI and AAI
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Contusion - Contusio Cerebri
Concussion - Commotio Cerebri- Mild TBI
PCS - post-concussion syndrome
Whiplash - WAD
Epidural Hematoma
Subdural Hematoma
Shaken baby syndrome -SBS
Stroke - CVA
Recognize signs of stroke
Cerebral hemorrhage /Hemorrhagic Stroke
ADA2 deficiency DADA2
AVM - ArterioVenous Malformation
CAA - Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Cavernous Malformation
Congenital CAA or HCHWA
Moyamoya Disease
SAH - SubArachnoid Hemorrhage
Young stroke
Cerebral Infarction
ADA2 Deficiency DADA2
APS - Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome
Avellis Syndrome
CADASIL
Dissection with infarction
Factor V Leiden
Lacunar stroke
Locked in syndrome LIS
Moya Moya disease
RVCL
Small Vessel Disease
Sinus trombosis in brain vessel
Syndrome of Avellis
Syndrome of Benedict
Syndrome of Déjerine-Roussy
Syndrome of Millard-Gubler
Syndrome of Parinaud
Syndrome of Sneddon
Syndrome of Weber
Ventral Pontine Syndrome
Wallenberg Syndrome
Watershed Infarction
Young stroke
Atypical CVA complaints
Dissection
Sinus thrombosis
TIA Transient Ischemic Attack
Left-sided hemiparesis
Right-sided hemiparesis
Brain tumor, cancer
Primary Brain Tumor
tumor in brain cell tissue /glioblastoma
tumor of the meninges
Brain metastases
Chemo brain
Brain cyst
Brain injury due to oxygen deficiency
Asphyxia
Brain Injury caused by infection
ADEM
Brain abscess
Covid-19 Neurological consequences
Long COVID - Post-COVID
Encephalitis
Legionella
Lyme disease
ME / CFS
Meningitis
Q fever
Sepsis - Blood poisoning
Brain Injury by degenerative diseases
ADCA SCA Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Cerebellar Ataxia
ALS - Motor Neurone Disease
Alzheimer's disease
CBD - Cortico Basal Degeneration
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
FTD - frontotemporal degeneration / dementia
Huntington's disease
MS Multiple Sclerosis
MSA
Parkinson's disease
PSP - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
SCA1 and SCA2
Vascular dementia
Locked-in Syndrome
Intoxication
Copper poisening - Wilson's disease
Lead poisoning
Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy
Brain Injury by drugs or alcohol
Brain Injury bij alcohol
Brain Injury by drugs
Brain Injury by medication
Encephalopathy
Metabolic Diseases
ALD - Adrenoleukodystrophy
Alkaptonuria
Batten Disease
Canavan disease
CDKL5 Syndrome
Copper poisening - Wilson's disease
Glutaric aciduria type1
CTX - Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
Leigh syndrome
MLD - Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Rett syndrome
Tay-Sachs disease
From birth or childhood
Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC)
Cerebral Palsy
Chiari Malformation (CM)
Congenital brain injury
FASD - Foetaal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Hydrocephalus
PANDAS
More brain disorders
Functional Neurological Disorder
Lightning or Electric shock
Pregnancy complications
Rare blood diseases
Susac's syndrome
White Matter Abnormalities - WMA
Consequences
Cognitive problems
Attention and concentration
Anosognosia
Brain fog
Cognitive overstimulation
Communication difficulty
Delayed information processing
Delirium
Disharmonic intelligence profile
Disorder in executive functioning
Dyscalculia
Knowing that and knowing how
Lack of overview and structure
Language and Speech problems
Aphasia
Dysarthria
Memory problems
Memory
Navigation problems
Orientation problems
Perseveration
Problems getting started in the morning
Social Cognition
Time perception disorder
Unable to multitask
Emotions Behaviour Relations
Aggression
Anger / Irritability
Apathy - lack of initiative
Boundaries
CCAS - Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome
Changed friendships
Changed relationship
Crying and PBA
Depression
Emotional Overstimulation
Emotions and behavioural changes
Frontal syndrome
Grief
Lack of empathy
Neuropsychiatric consequences
Perseveration
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA)
PTSD
Brain and Anxiety
Reduced stress resistance
Physical consequences
Acromegaly
Agnosia
Apraxia
Ataxia
Balance-proprioception
Cerebral edema - high brain pressure
Coma
Delirium
Brain death
Crying and PBA
Dysautonomia /Â POTS
Dysphagia - Swallowing disorder
Dystonia
Epilepsy
Frozen shoulder
Gnostic Sensitivity - Sense of Touch
Headache
Hemiparesis
Hormonal changes
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Incontinence of the bladder
Midline shift
Neglect
Pain
Sleepapnea
Sleep disturbances and CSAS
Spasticity
Ventriculomegalia - Enlarged ventricles
Visual consequences of brain injury
Cerebral Vision Impairment
Convergence insufficiency
Crowding
Eye muscle failure
Fixation disparity disturbance
Gaze palsy
Heminopia
Neglect
Prosopagnosia
Visual agnosia
Visual field loss
Visual overstimulation
Visuospatial problem
Invisible consequences of brain injury
Observe the invisible consequences
Vision problems after brain injury
CVI - Cerebral Vision Impairment
Hemianopia -hemianopsia
Prosopagnosia - Faceblindness
Hyperacusis
Neurofatigue
Overstimulation caused by brain injury
Videos on Flooding
Language problems
Aphasia - expressive
Aphasia - receptive
Akinetic mutism
Communication difficulty
Dysarthria
Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS)
Listening may be exhausting
Pragmatic language disorder
Speech apraxia
Taking language literally
Verbosity - talking too much
Word finding problems
Sensory consequences
Auditory processing problems
Clinical picture of sensory overstimulation
Heat intolerance
Hyperacusis
Smell and taste disorder
Sudden deafness
Tinnitus
Visual consequences of brain injury
CVI - Cerebral Vision Impairment
Convergence Insufficiency
Crowding
Eye Muscles
Disturbed Fixation Disparity
Gaze Palsy
Hemianopia - Hemianopsia
Prosopagnosia - Faceblindness
Visual Agnosia
Visual field loss
Visual Overstimulation
Visuospatial problem
Life with Brain Injury
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When people do not believe you
Practical Advice
Tips for Brain Injured people
Tips for those involved
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What Brain Injury Survivors Want You to Know
Knowledgebase Overstimulation
Loss and grief after brain injury
Rest in your nervous system
Brain Injury in children or youngsters
Consequences for the family
Children of a parent with brain injury
Siblings and children of parents with ABI
Consequences for the family / partner
Stories of people with ABI
Alex
Ans
Hope
Nathalie
Rob
Sabrina
Saul
Steven
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The neurologist who had a stroke
Information
Anatomy / Explanation on functions
Brain areas
Blood vessels
Figures and facts
The nervous system
Twelve cranial nerves
Nerve cells and neurotransmitters
Brain and fear
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Biorhythm and biological clock
Brain scans explained
General Information about Brain Injury
Test to recognize Brain Injury
Brain injury professionals
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Rehabilitation specialist
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Occupational therapist
Speech therapist - Music therapist
Individual guidance at home
Music therapist
Orthoptist
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Specialized Caregiver in Psychogeriatrics
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Encyclopedia Brain Injury
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