TBI triggers both primary mechanical damage and delayed secondary injuries like inflammation and neurodegeneration. Cognitive effects may include memory loss, mood swings, and impaired social judgment ...

Our brain is always there. From birth, and even prenatally, it is exposed to the environment. How does the brain react to that? The brain shows spontaneous or intrinsic activity that seems to remain ...

As the United States this year reflects on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, researchers from UC Davis and UC San Francisco have uncovered major insight into the trauma and ...

World Trade Center responders living with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have measurable physical changes in ...

Traumatic events and experiences overwhelm our ability to cope and integrate our experience. Complex trauma is a specific type of trauma that involves multiple or repeated traumatic experiences, often ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Chris Nowinski, co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, about the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Study my brain. As we just heard, ...

Flying a fighter jet is often compared to being in a car crash over and over again. Retired Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, a TOPGUN graduate and former instructor, remembers being ...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology While much of the physical brain damage occurs instantly – called the primary stage of injury – ...

Whether it’s football players colliding on the field or military personnel exposed to explosive blasts in combat, traumatic brain injury is a prevalent — and potentially deadly — condition responsible ...

Repeated exposure to shock waves in the line of military duty can leave lasting impressions on the brain and may affect its functionality, new research has discovered, even if the changes don't appear ...

Early and lifelong trauma can intensify menopause symptoms and accelerate cardiovascular and brain aging, according to research. Trauma is common yet underrecognized and undertreated, and it can ...