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Detecting Behavioral Deficits in Rats After Traumatic Brain Injury
Published on: January 30, 2018
Subtle neurological signs predict the severity of subacute cognitive and functional impairments after traumatic brain
Hal S Wortzel1, Kimberly L Frey, C Alan Anderson
1Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, HealthONE Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital, in Aurora, CO, USA. Hal.wortzel@ucdenver.edu
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
|December 10, 2009
Abstract:
The presence of paratonia and primitive reflexes ("frontal release signs"), such as glabellar, snout, suck, grasp, and palmomental responses, after traumatic brain injury predicts performance on bedside cognitive assessments, level of functional independence, and duration of acute inpatient rehabilitation.

