This post introduces two biological mechanisms believed to have contributed to the severity of the subject’s mTBI. On the balance of evidence, there is strong reason to believe that either, or both, of these injury modalities may play a significant role in the severity of mTBI injury, and therefore serve as contributing factors to the symptomology described as PCS.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
PCS Thesis – The Accident
The subject is a 64 year old male who was 5 months short of his 59th birthday on March 6th, 2011 when he was rear-ended at approximately 1935 hours while his vehicle was stopped at a light.
PCS Thesis – Index
This is the index page for a series of posts which present the results of a literature review investigating the role of UV light and melatonin on the severity of brain trauma. The result suggests a possible etiology for Post Concussion Syndrome (PCS).
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