Your brain needs a constant supply of oxygen to work properly and survive. But if something interrupts or cuts off the oxygen flow to your brain for 4 minutes or longer, brain cells begin to die. This ...

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 ...

Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera receives funding from the BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, Vancouver Foundation, and Michael Smith Health Research Foundation Cole J. Kennedy receives funding ...

The United States leads the world in illicit opioid use and associated overdoses, morbidity, and mortality. Yet, for every fatal overdose in the current wave of fentanyl, speedballing, and ...

Traumatic brain injury multiplies the risk of major depression eightfold. While the emotional trauma of whatever caused such deep damage may be understandable, from a blast in a war zone to a blow on ...

The Toyota pickup hit the tree that May morning with enough explosive force to leave a gash that is still visible on its trunk 39 years later. Inside the truck, the bodies of three teenage boys hurled ...

Rebecca Woodrow receives funding from the Medical Research Council and the Pinsent Darwin Trust. David Menon receives research funding from the National Institute for Health Research, UK; UK Research ...

You suffered a brain injury from a bump, blow, or jolt to the head earlier in your life. Years later, you experience one or many symptoms: foggy thinking, memory loss, trouble sleeping, anxiety, ...

Co-authored by Fatmah Jahim and Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can significantly alter identity and personality. In one study, 75 percent of participants said they felt like a ...

When Annie Liontas was 35, they got into a bike accident while riding without a helmet. They hadn't broken any bones, and there wasn't sign of significant blood loss, but something wasn't right.