For Evangeline Lilly, the road to recovery doesn't have to be lonely. The Golden Globe-nominated actress, who has been navigating a traumatic brain injury, opened up about her recovery efforts in an ...

New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin could help explain why babies from multiple species, from mice to humans, are affected by infantile amnesia. The study, published in PLOS Biology ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile amnesia") and improves memory in mice, suggesting that microglia may ...

From 2000 through June 2025, Defense Department personnel were diagnosed with nearly 497,000 mild to moderate TBIs. (Staff Sgt. Vernon Young/U.S. Air Force) Legislators in the House and Senate have ...

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, ...

Anoxic brain injury, also called anoxic encephalopathy or hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, is a life threatening condition resulting from a complete lack of oxygen to the brain. Anoxic brain injury (ABI ...

Lacey W. Heinsberg receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Amery Treble-Barna receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. A newly discovered biological signal in the ...

While many people who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) recover within weeks or months of their injury, others experience long-term symptoms and disabilities. This public workshop will explore ...

Former athlete and Emmy-winning sports reporter Lindsay Simpson suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2018 that nearly took her life. At a recent event held by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Editor's Note: This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. Ron Blake understands trauma. He also understands what it's like to work through it. Blake was raped more ...

Measles is more than a rash, runny nose and a fever — it can cause brain swelling, blindness and wipe out the immune system’s memory, leaving unvaccinated children, and even adults, vulnerable to ...