How damage spreads An injury to one brain region rarely stays contained to a single spot. The consequences ripple outward, creating a broader impact that depends on the scale of the injury, the ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

Fear is often thought of as a negative emotion but is actually a natural protective response to perceived threats or danger.

As women’s personal agency feels increasingly under threat, our ability to stay grounded and self-governing may be more important than ever. Culturally, women’s mental and physical well-being has been ...

Traumatic brain injuries, including mild concussions, can trigger a chain reaction in the brain that disrupts neural communication, long-term memory, and cognitive functions. This was reported on June ...

Elizabeth Lucas A UAB assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology has received a $3.5 million grant to study how hormones influence the female brain’s response to ...

A traumatic brain injury can be difficult to understand in the first hours after an accident. Some symptoms appear right away. Others develop slowly over days or weeks. A person may walk away from a ...

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, ...

A simple bedside eye test may help predict recovery of consciousness in patients with severe brain injuries, according to new ...

People who grew up in difficult homes often learn to survive stress before they learn how to feel safe. Over time, childhood ...