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Researchers connect electrical brain disturbances to worse outcomes following neurotrauma

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Electrical disturbances that spread through an injured brain like tsunamis have a direct link to poor recovery and can last far longer than previously realized, researchers at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute have found.

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