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THE SCARECROW
IS BACK, LIVE AND IN PERSON!
COUNTDOWN to
the CLASSIC !!
OCTOBER 23, 2022
at its all new location
Piney Run Park
in Beautiful Sykesville, MD
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TO JOIN:
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Register yourself or your team for the Scarecrow Classic before October 21, 2022
- Complete the In Person 1 Mile Run/Walk or 5K (3.1 miles) at Piney Run Park on October 23, 2022
- Celebrate your accomplishment at our Victory After Party and by sharing on social media! #ScarecrowBrainChallenge2022
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PLACE
30 Martz Road,
Sykesville, MD 21784
The 2022 Scarecrow Classic will be held October 23, 2022 . This In Person event, hosted by the Brain Injury Association of Maryland (BIAMD) will rally survivors, families, friends, and supporters around the common goal of raising awareness about brain injury within the community and providing much needed funding to support the programs and initiatives of BIAMD.
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BUT WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD VIRTUAL RACE OF THE B.R.A.I.N. CHALLENGE?
Brave,
Resilient,
Adaptive,
Innovative,
Never giving up
I WANT MY PUZZLE PIECE!
IF YOU OR YOUR TEAM PARTICIPATED VIRTUALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WANT TO RUN VIRTUALLY AGAIN...HAVE NO FEAR!
WE ARE READY FOR YOU, TOO!
and select
to sign up yourself or your team.
This year's piece is the Parietal Lobe.
Last year we had runners in four states and three countries. We got lots of great pics and even better stories! We would love to beat that record for this year's virtual race.
Missed a year and need a piece?
You can sign up for that as well.
So get out there and run/walk/roll/treadmill/eliptical your way to glory!
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#5Thoughts Friday
The
Edition
09/30/2022
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Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports |
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TRIGGER WARNING -
The linked article contains video of the on-field injury which may be upsetting to some readers. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Tua Tagovailoa’s ever-growing injury concerns took a terrifying turn.
Near the end of the second quarter of the Dolphins’ “Thursday Night Football” matchup against the Bengals, Tagovailoa was taken off the field on a stretcher with head and neck injuries.
Tagovailoa was sacked by Cincinnati defensive lineman Josh Tupou, who whipped him around as he brought him down. Tagovailoa landed directly on his head, which slammed right off the field.
He was conscious and taken to Cincinnati Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center, according to the Amazon Prime broadcast. He has movement in all his extremities, the team announced.
When cameras panned closer to Tagovailoa, who remained in distress on the ground, his fingers could be seen visibly crooked. Play-play-play man Al Michaels and analyst Kirk Herbstreit explained on the broadcast that Tagovailoa’s finger misalignment is likely a response to a neurological shock, likely caused by the extreme blow to his head.
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HobbleJog Foundation is once again participating in the LifeLine 100 biking event. The event has been a key fundraiser for the foundation. Our goal this year is to get riders from around the world to participate. We know movement is incredibly beneficial to TBI survivors, so this ride (whether you choose 15, 30, 60, or 100 miles) is a great way to match raising funds with tools for thriving. The in-person event is in Maryland. Whether or not you are in Maryland, you can sign up to be a virtual rider! You can ride anywhere (even indoors).
We ask you to consider riding within two weeks from the in-person ride on October 2, 2022 and post your mileage and any other comments about your ride on the HobbleJog Facebook page.
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To better understand how dopamine levels at brain synapses are managed, neuroscientists from Florida Atlantic University, along with collaborators at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, have now added a significant piece to this puzzle by establishing key differences in the molecular dopamine disposal machinery in the brains of male and female mice.
The new research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry and led by Randy Blakely, Ph.D., professor of biomedical science in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine and executive director of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, provides new insight into how sex determines the mechanisms by which distinct synapses monitor and regulate dopamine signaling. Moreover, the impact the sex differences described is particularly pronounced when the mice express a human genetic variant found in boys with either ADHD or ASD.
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Colorfest been recognized in Sunshine Artists Magazine, ranked in the top 35 festivals in the US, and is one of the largest on the East Coast.
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Come join BIAMD
at this year's
in beautiful
BIAMD and artists from our brain injury community will be there spreading brain injury awareness, showcasing amazing art, and providing exciting creative demonstrations.
FIND us at:
8 Park Lane
Thurmont Md 21788
Edwin C. Creeger, Jr.,
Post No. 68,
The American Legion Field
Spaces 114, 115, 116
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Rendering the invisible visible is among scientists' favorite challenges. In their efforts to uncover how the olfactory system makes sense of thousands of otherwise invisible odors, scientists now have uncovered more of the cellular and molecular steps by which the high-precision neural circuitry of smell gets wired up in the nose and brain. |
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The sea creature-like images accompanying this short feature are microscopic portraits of brain cells that make sense of otherwise invisible smells, such as the aroma of a rose or the stench of a rotten egg. The graceful red and green streaks reveal cells in a mouse brain's smell center: its olfactory bulb. The olfactory bulb is organized into hundreds, even thousands, of segregated clusters, called glomeruli, and each glomerulusresponds in a specific way to the thousands of odor chemicals floating in the air. The image above shows a single glomerulus in which signal-carrying projections (axons) from sensory cells in the nose have converged.
Each glomerulus receives signals from its own subset of olfactory neurons,which are randomly distributed in an animal's nose, yet all tuned to detect odor the same way. Since the 1990s, researchers (notably, the Zuckerman Institute's own Richard Axel, MD, among others)have known that each of these subsets of olfactory neurons bears a uniquely shaped receptor protein (thanks to a randomizing gene-based process) that latches specifically onto a different odor molecule.
And that presents quite the neuroscientific mystery: how can each randomly located, odor-detecting cell in the nose manage to send signals to just one specific glomeruluswithin the olfactory bulb?
CLICK HERE to find out more about this smelly mystery.
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LoveYourBrain desires to create affirming spaces for Veterans to meaningfully connect, learn with, and support each other. This Fall they are offering a Veterans Mindset Yoga Affinity group which is a 6-week program starting Tuesday, October 11th at 10am ET and running weekly on Tuesday for the following weeks. An Affinity group is an intentionally created space for people with shared identities or life experiences to gather. The Veterans Affinity group is led in partnership with Veterans Yoga Project. Learn more and sign up here."
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2) Books We are READING This Week |
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"It's taken thirty-six years to tell my story and to heal from the trauma caused by a life-altering car accident where I incurred a traumatic brain injury," begins author Jodi Gilroy. At the tender age of eight, she was involved in a car accident that was fatal for some and life-altering for her. Her skull was fractured, leaving her brain exposed and polluted by the dirt and gravel from the road. Lacerations criss-crossed her face, and she was subjected to surgery after surgery to save her life-and then to save her face. Cosmetically damaged, she endured the scorn and bullying of other children, but no one ever addressed the fact that her brain had also been injured and that from that point forward, her life would be different.
Hairline Fracture is the compelling story of how Jodi overcame those limitations-she even earned her Master's degree from Michigan State University-to become an advocate for other traumatic brain injury survivors.
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1) Quote We are Contemplating |
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- “Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
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Looking for Something fun to do in Maryland this weekend?
Click the picture below and discover a world of possibilities!
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HAVE A WONDERFUL
WEEKEND.
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Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful weekend.
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