HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- According to the Centers for Disease Control, 50% of concussions go unreported. That's scary to think about because there are millions of traumatic brain injury (TBI) ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder is usually framed as a psychological wound, but a growing body of evidence suggests it can also speed up how quickly the brain itself appears to age. Instead of simply ...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) isn’t caused by just one faulty switch in the brain; it’s more like a tangled orchestra of genes and cells thrown off-key by trauma. With many genetic players ...
The ability to synchronize brain activity with others may serve as a protective shield against the psychological fallout of ...
A University of Alabama at Birmingham expert unpacks the complexities of PTSD, its impact on the brain and sleep, and how individuals can navigate emotional and cognitive challenges through treatment.
Did you know that patients with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often struggle to forget traumatic memories, even long after the danger has passed? This failure to extinguish fear memories has ...
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be linked to accelerated brain aging among World Trade Center (WTC) responders ...
What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ...
The diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has undergone much more than a minor tweaking or superficial facelift in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5. This guidebook to ...
December 9, 2009 (Hollywood, Florida) — Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) plus major depressive disorder (MDD) have very different neurobiological profiles than those with PTSD alone ...
Trauma doesn’t always end when the danger is over. For many, the body and brain remain locked in survival mode, long after the traumatic event has passed. This is the painful reality of post-traumatic ...