"Network dysfunction following paediatric traumatic brain injury"
Who are we?
We are a team of researchers and clinicians from Imperial College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital/Institute of Child Health. We would like to learn more about the brain in children and young people who have had a head injury. There is very little research on this age group worldwide and we are the first research group in the U.K. running this kind of research.
What is this study about?
Many children will have problems with their memory or attention following their head injury. We want to understand the link between different patterns of brain injury and different problems children can experience. We would like to study this using neuropsychology and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) brain scans. We are especially interested in understanding how damage to the ‘wiring’ (connections) of the brain causes the memory and concentration problems the children can have.
Taking part
We are looking for young people aged 12-16 years old.
Either:
1) Young people aged 12-16 who have had a traumatic brain injury (moderate-severe on Mayo classification, we will go through the criteria at the initial telephone conversation so do get in touch if you aren't sure)
or
2) Young people aged 12-16y who have no history of neurological conditions and no history of diagnosed psychiatric conditions.
Further information/ If you would like to take part
Dr Célia Demarchi, Clinical Psychologist, [email protected]
Who are we?
We are a team of researchers and clinicians from Imperial College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital/Institute of Child Health. We would like to learn more about the brain in children and young people who have had a head injury. There is very little research on this age group worldwide and we are the first research group in the U.K. running this kind of research.
What is this study about?
Many children will have problems with their memory or attention following their head injury. We want to understand the link between different patterns of brain injury and different problems children can experience. We would like to study this using neuropsychology and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) brain scans. We are especially interested in understanding how damage to the ‘wiring’ (connections) of the brain causes the memory and concentration problems the children can have.
Taking part
We are looking for young people aged 12-16 years old.
Either:
1) Young people aged 12-16 who have had a traumatic brain injury (moderate-severe on Mayo classification, we will go through the criteria at the initial telephone conversation so do get in touch if you aren't sure)
or
2) Young people aged 12-16y who have no history of neurological conditions and no history of diagnosed psychiatric conditions.
Further information/ If you would like to take part
Dr Célia Demarchi, Clinical Psychologist, [email protected]