Veterans who develop epilepsy following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) face a higher risk of death than veterans with epilepsy from other causes. That’s according to a study led by researchers at ...
Children who died soon after moderate or severe TBI had more bilateral brain swelling than adults. At autopsy, pediatric TBI patients had predominantly microvascular blood-brain barrier disruption. In ...
Researchers uncovered an unexpected form of neural resilience: after traumatic injury, surviving retinal cells in mice grow new branches that reestablish lost connections in the brain’s visual system, ...
Following brain injury, mice show sex differences in how their surviving cells compensate to promote recovery.
It was a milestone of a walk for 19-year-old Christian Allen as he marched out of the hospital after months of recovery ...
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Understanding traumatic brain injury

For thousands of traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors, however, the real journey begins after they are discharged. TBI occurs when an external force causes brain dysfunction, typically from violent ...