2 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden Background Medical complications after severe traumatic brain injury (S-TBI) may delay or prevent ...

Preclinical research has shown that sulforaphane can significantly improve spatial localisation and working memory impairment after brain injury. The primary aim of this double-blind randomised ...

After brain injury, the hostile microenvironment and the lack of structural support for neural cell repopulation, anchoring, and synapse formation reduce successful repair chances. In the past decade, ...

The injury can be as mild as a bump, bruise (contusion), or cut on the head, or can be moderate to severe in nature due to a concussion, deep cut or open wound, fractured skull bone(s), or from ...

What's new: After more than half a century, assessment of traumatic brain injuries gets an overhaul. Why it matters: Clinicians say the proposed framework will lead to more accurate diagnoses and ...

Her stepfather said she still could not do paperwork or take phone calls. After the meeting, she was admitted to an inpatient center for traumatic brain injury. Prosecutors say Brown collected more ...

Nearly 100 neurology experts collaborated on the creation of a new method of evaluating patients with traumatic brain injuries. By Gina Kolata Dr. Geoffrey Manley, a neurosurgeon at the University ...

He could not speak. He could not control his limbs. The severe brain injury he’d suffered, doctors said, had put him in a vegetative state. He was alive, but assumed to be cognitively gone ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A 13-year-old boy from Wichita who suffered a brain injury while playing in a basketball tournament in March has died. The death of Shama’ar Jefferson was confirmed by the ...

At the same time, researchers are increasingly finding evidence that glial cells play a role in brain injuries and in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) result from sudden brain trauma, like a blow to the head or an object penetrating the skull. Depending on the extent of the injury, TBIs may be mild or life ...