For the over 1 million Americans who survive severe traumatic brain injuries each year, the road to recovery is often long and challenging. Disruption of the autonomic nervous system, which controls ...

After a traumatic brain injury (TBI), people also experience major sleep problems, including changes in their sleep-wake cycle. A new study shows that recovering from these two conditions occurs in ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After Marine veteran Chris Lawrence sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from an improvised explosive devise (IED) detonation while on tour in ...

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Extracranial (EC) surgery and anesthesia soon after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are associated with poorer functional and cognitive outcomes, new research shows. Patients with TBI had worse ...

Undergoing early extracranial (EC) surgery after traumatic brain injury (TBI) was associated with worse 1-year functional, cognitive, and disability outcomes than forgoing surgery in patients with ...

Researchers find that communication between key brain regions shortly after injury may predict long-term functional recovery in traumatic brain injury patients.

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review the latest published ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded $2.213 million over 5 years. Research will ...

Patients with severe TBI may have recovered at least partial independence if life support was not quickly withdrawn. A significant percentage of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may ...

From a young age, Connor Fields remembers being competitive—very competitive. He played in a lot of team sports as a child growing up in Las Vegas and always wanted to win. But that was challenging as ...