Traumatic brain injury research to be funded by $450,000 grantRSS Feed

A $450,000 (£283,036) grant is to be used to fund research in the US that could potentially help people across the world that suffer from brain injuries.

Chris Blount, executive director of the Wilson Research Foundation for Methodist Rehabilitation Center, told the Northside Sun that he was excited about the grant.

He went on to say that the research being funded will increase the understanding of the physical and cognitive impairments related to stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury and possible treatments.

"Projects include studies to improve walking, reduce stiffness and overactive muscles, improve cognitive function and emotional state, as well as applications of emerging technologies such as computer adaptations for severely disabled persons," Mr Blount told the newspaper.

Meanwhile, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been studying the principle that brain injury could be treated using different colours of light, which can shut down harmful brain activity.

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