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Long-term symptoms of concussion can include trouble concentrating and emotional distress.
The Super Bowl is more than a game — it’s an ecosystem of parties, the halftime show, the ads and 100 million people watching despite the sport’s ugly and dangerous side.
World Cup 2022: the risk of playing on with concussion and why the rules in football need to change.
While high-profile concussions in the NFL have brought renewed attention to the gravity of head injuries, they can also occur on the playground or during junior varsity practices – with lasting effects.
Health and service workers are not asking women about a potential traumatic brain injury, there’s a lack of referral options, and often no diagnosis.
Reliance on the support of others after an accident showed philosopher David Newheiser the power of solidarity. We need a similar sense of communal connection in our approach to COVID, he writes.
Because some seizures are relatively subtle, they can go unrecognized, leading to a delay in diagnosis.
Some animals use microRNA to protect the brain from various stressors. Understanding how they do this and applying it to humans has potential for revolutionary treatments.
Across Canada and the United States, more than two million people are living with aphasia and its language and communication challenges.
The molecule C1q has both protective and detrimental effects after traumatic brain injury. Blocking it after injury in mice restored normal brain rhythms during sleep and prevented epileptic spikes.
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Brain injuries and the long-term health effects in professional sport have become significant issues in the past decade.
Every year, about 10 per cent of youth athletes experience a concussion. Research shows there are steps we can take to help prevent these injuries, but we can’t be afraid to make changes.
By imagining a unique scenario to answer “yes” or “no” questions, this research could potentially be used to communicate with locked-in patients.
New research reveals that routine sparring can have immediate effects on the brain, putting athletes at greater risk of injury when brain-muscle communication is impaired.
Sports medicine clinicians see benefit in using eye-tracking for concussion diagnostics, but only few of them actually work with it.
Consciousness has long been debated, particularly in the decades since devices have been used to keep people alive after brain injury. A new study suggests that some people can “wake up” after injury.
About one in ten children who have suffered concussion are thought to have long-term problems.
Millions of people suffer traumatic brain injuries, and many lose the ability to emotionally connect with others. A new study suggests there’s a way to help them regain their ability to connect.
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Professor, School of Social Sciences & Institute Principle Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Honorary (Professorial Fellow) at the Centre for Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Bangor University
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Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Swansea University
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Associate Professor of Neurology; Chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Florida
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Lead, Cognition and Consciousness Imaging Group, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge
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Post-doctoral research fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Officer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Medical Ethics, Bond University
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Lecturer in Sociology (Human Rights), University of Salford
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Medical Director, Grace Centre for Newborn Care, Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of Cerebral Palsy, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, University of Sydney
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