A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

Football-related injury also tied to higher risk for recurrence and substantial neurological and psychiatric sequelae.

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 ...

Compared with other sports, football-related brain injuries carry the highest risk for neurologic and psychiatric outcomes in adolescents.

An increased risk of dementia among individuals exposed to brain trauma, traumatic brain injury, has been known for almost a century. Still, we know very little about the molecular causes behind this, ...

Examining brain plasticity and its implications for development, aging, and brain injury recovery.

Experts say traumatic events, including Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Minneapolis, can rewire a child’s developing brain even if they’re not directly impacted by it. The way we parent can help ...

Researchers identify the fusiform imagery node as the brain's "imagination hub," explaining why strokes can cause the loss of visual mental imagery.

Maltreatment such as neglect and abuse are types of adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. But they often say little about ...

In December of 1993, former World Boxing Champion John Famechon (who had sustained severe incapacitating brain injuries in August 1991) began a new, complex multi-movement therapy and rehabilitation ...

Researchers identify molecular markers in children and adolescents, revealing how child maltreatment stress alters DNA, brain development, and mental health Child maltreatment, which includes abuse ...