The "Lost" star revealed earlier in January that "every area" of her brain was "functioning at a decreased capacity" after ...

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

Wayne Mallon suffered from hearing loss through "significant operational exposure" to blasts, but was otherwise fit and ...

Nearly one in five of the 2.5 million veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sustained at least one traumatic brain ...

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges ...

When Gabe Brown woke from a coma last January at UPMC Mercy hospital, he could do little more than tilt his head and shift ...

A four–amino acid peptide called CAQK has shown powerful brain-protective effects in animal models of traumatic brain injury. Delivered through a standard IV, it zeroes in on injured brain tissue, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Scientists know that people who suffer brain injuries are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease later in life because of prolonged brain inflammation that damages brain cells.

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is revealing why traumatic brain injury increases the chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease – and the discovery is pointing to a ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have uncovered how and why traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease, and their work suggests a potential way to ...

After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers found that surviving eye cells formed extra branches that restored ...