UVA researchers found even minor trauma can disrupt the brain’s cleanup system, allowing harmful proteins to build up over ...

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 ...

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds that childhood trauma can lead to disruptions in two main regions of the brain, the default mode ...

Researchers have uncovered how and why traumatic brain injury raises the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, and the discovery ...

Some children recover better after traumatic brain injury than others, despite appearing similarly to doctors. Looking at the ...

Mass General Brigham researchers compared data from more than 75,000 adults with TBI to a control group of the same size. They studied the patients over 24 years and observed how many developed brain ...

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

Individuals who suffer head trauma from sports, accidents, or other causes often go on to develop neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. A new study sheds light on why that might ...

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

Research shows how cells respond to brain injury by releasing corticotropin-releasing hormone, which helps to repair damage.