How damage spreads An injury to one brain region rarely stays contained to a single spot. The consequences ripple outward, creating a broader impact that depends on the scale of the injury, the ...

Baystate Health's Neuro Critical Care Unit offers expert, 24/7 treatment for stroke, traumatic brain injury, seizures, and ...

A traumatic brain injury can be difficult to understand in the first hours after an accident. Some symptoms appear right away. Others develop slowly over days or weeks. A person may walk away from a ...

Traumatic brain injuries, including mild concussions, can trigger a chain reaction in the brain that disrupts neural communication, long-term memory, and cognitive functions. This was reported on June ...

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)—even mild concussions—may trigger a chain reaction in the brain that disrupts neuronal communication, long-term memory and cognition, according to University of ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

In December of 1993, former World Boxing Champion John Famechon (who had sustained severe incapacitating brain injuries in August 1991) began a new, complex multi-movement therapy and rehabilitation ...

Sora Shin, a Virginia Tech assistant professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, will study how brain circuits contribute to aggressive behavior with a $3.2 million grant from the ...

A simple bedside eye test may help predict recovery of consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries, according to new ...

People who grew up in difficult homes often learn to survive stress before they learn how to feel safe. Over time, childhood ...