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I will be contributing to the Brain Injury page on Wikipedia throughout the next few weeks.  Annotated Bibliography'''

“Brain Injury Diagnosis.” Brain Injury Diagnosis, Brain Injury Association of America, www.biausa.org/brain-injury/about-brain-injury/diagnosis.

This resource I will be using is from the Brain Injury Association of America, which is an extremely reliable source as it is a reputable organization that was created to raise awareness and educate the population on brain injuries. I plan on using this website to research the different ways that brain injuries are diagnosed and how assessments are made in the hospital as well has later on during rehabilitation. I think this will be a very valuable addition to the brain injury page since this information is important in understanding where the medical field is right now in understanding brain injuries. By incorporating this information into the Wiki page I can also include links to all the different types of neuroimaging techniques so that people can follow those links to learn more about each one.

“Head Injury: Types, Causes, and Symptoms.” Healthline, Healthline Media, www.healthline.com/health/head-injury.

The citation above is from Healthline.com a popular online magazine for people to learn about a large variety of health issues and current topics. I think that this is a good source to use because its very easy to understand and will be very helpful to people that want to follow the citation to learn more about head injuries. The article titled “Head Injury” details the different types of head injuries that can occur as well as the causes, symptoms, and treatments. I plan on using this resource just as a starting point to understand the scope of what I’ll be adding to the Wikipedia page before I look further into specific details and research.

'''Lardieri, Alexa. “Suffering a Traumatic Brain Injury Heightens Your Risk of Dementia, Study Says.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, 11 Apr. 2018, www.usnews.com/news/health-care-news/articles/2018-04-11/study-traumatic-brain-injuries-linked-to-dementia.'''

This article, written in April of this year, is a review and summary of an extremely large research study that was conducted on the link between traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and dementia. I think it would be a good idea to incorporate a section on the long term effects of head trauma since it has such a profound impact on millions of people around the world. The article goes over specific figures that were found to relate brain injuries to diseases and the biology behind why injuries can lead to such devastating conditions. This article does a good job incorporating information from the research paper with quotes from the authors about how they feel about their findings.

“Sports-Related Head Injury.” AANS, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, www.aans.org/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Sports-related-Head-Injury.

This resource I am really excited to utilize while contributing to the Wikipedia article. It is an article published by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons on the prevalence of head injuries in dozens of popular sports. This is the main aspect of head injuries that I am interested in, and this article goes into depth about how brain injuries is a major epidemic not just for professional athletes, but for all children who plays sports. I think that it is incredibly important for people researching brain injuries to understand how brain injuries could potentially affect children, so incorporating a section of sports related brain injuries in this article will add really important insight that I think a lot of people will be able to relate to.

“Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page.” National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Information-Page.

My fifth source so far is the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes which is a subset of the NIH. I chose this as a source since the National Institute of Health is a well respected agency that is a sector of the US government. The research that is cited in this article is well vetted and reputable. This article goes over a lot of information that spans from the definition and treatments to organizations created to support and educate people on brain injuries and current clinical trials going on. This site gives me a good idea on how to clearly organize information so that the Wikipedia page could be more easy to read for viewers. I will also read all the clinical trials that are linked throughout this article to get an overall idea of the research going on in the field and maybe include a section on the end about what the future could hold where I discuss and cite what organizations and researchers are currently working on.