Childhood trauma can profoundly affect brain development and lead to ongoing struggles with anxiety, depression, panic ...

How the brain’s oxytocin system protects early brain development after injury. Brain injury in early life, whether caused by preterm birth or traumatic brain injury (TBI), often ...

Sora Shin, a Virginia Tech assistant professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, will study how brain circuits contribute to aggressive behavior with a $3.2 million grant from the ...

When a baby enters the world, their brain contains billions of neurons awaiting connection. The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of ...

After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities. Accurately evaluating prognosis is challenging in patients on life-sustaining thery.

Fear can be adaptive, as noticing and avoiding potential dangers in the environment has obvious survival benefits. Yet, for some people, excessive fear and hypervigilance for threats can interfere ...

A study of more than 500 people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers, co-led by researchers at Mass ...

The levels of biomarkers GFAP, UCH-L1, and MAP-2 are significantly elevated within 30 and 60 minutes of traumatic brain injury (TBI), thereby facilitating early diagnosis. GFAP demonstrates the ...

New research shows MDMA and psilocybin may restore neural flexibility in people with PTSD, thereby helping the brain unlearn ...