The medical consequences of traumatic brain injuries are well-studied and affect millions of Americans every year. But one of ...

For years, concussions were described as temporary disruptions in brain function that could not be seen on any medical test.

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Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

Children who experience traumatic events may show subtle but measurable differences in how their brains process attention and control impulses, according to a new study published in Neuropsychologia.

The ovarian hormone estradiol plays a key role in shaping how the brain responds to perceived threats after trauma in women ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Car crash victim Nick Atherton says he lost some of his inhibitions since suffering the injury.