Dr. J. Douglas Bremner, a psychiatrist at Emory University, thinks it may be possible that Accutane causes depression by affecting the brain's frontal cortex.
But the broad definition arguably leaves even florists and vendors of incense at potential risk: Scent can certainly change mood, and can only do so by affecting the brain.
Dr. James Hill said, "The virus starts by affecting the brain" (56).
A proposed mechanism from animals studies for a protective effect of ALA on incident ischemic stroke is that ALA would be neuroprotective after induced ischemia, by beneficially affecting the brain blood flow [14].
"Is the suicide attempt a direct effect of the parasite on the function of the brain or an exaggerated immune response induced by the parasite affecting the brain?
According to the consensus statement of the 2012 International Conference on Concussion in Sport, concussion is defined "as a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by biomechanical forces".
The third International Conference on Concussion in sports characterized concussion as a complex pathophysiologic process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces [18].
In 2001, the expert Concussion in Sport Group of the first International Symposium on Concussion in Sport defined concussion as "a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces".
3 Concussion has been defined as 'a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces'.
According to International Consensus, concussion is defined as "A complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by biomechanical forces" (ref. 1, p.89).
After years of minimising the impact of concussion, there is now a recognition that there is nothing termed mild about mild traumatic brain injury. 1 2 Concussion, a 'mild' traumatic brain injury common in children and adolescents, is a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain induced by traumatic biomechanical forces.
