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Lead
University of California, Irvine
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Mild to moderate brain injury patients referred to the UCI Brain Imaging Center.
* Mild brain injury patients will be defined as having a Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) scale of 13-15.
* Moderate brain injury brain injury patients will be defined as having a Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) scale of 9-12 .
Normal healthy control subjects (20)
You may not be if
Pre-accident neuropathology, psychopathology, or secondary neuropathological complications, or chemical abuse
Patients who required intracranial surgical intervention
Children, pregnant women, or institutionalized individuals unable to freely give consent
Patients with implanted surgical clips (hemostatic clips) or other ferromagnetic material
Patients engaged in occupations or activities which may cause accidental lodging of ferromagnetic materials, or who may have imbedded metal fragments from military activities
Patients with permanent (tattoo) eye-liner or with facial make-up (severe eye irritation has been reported)
Patients with metallic implants, because they may cause artifacts in diagnostic images due to magnetic field distortion
Patients with implanted prosthetic heart valves
Patients with pacemakers, neuro-stimulation devices
