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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Salk scientists discovered the protein CCN1—secreted by non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes—stabilizes brain circuits ...

Of 1.9 million veterans in the study, 450,000 experienced TBI. Over a median follow-up of 7.2 years, brain cancer occurred in 318 veterans without TBI (0.02%), 80 with mild TBI (0.02%), 17 with ...