When playing sports, it's important to remember: Brains don't have seat belts. When rapid acceleration or deceleration of the brain inside the skull occurs with a blow to the head, a concussion ...

Patients vary widely in their response to concussion, but scientists haven't understood why. Now, using a new technique for analyzing data from brain imaging studies, researchers at Albert Einstein ...

Old school of thought once suggested to keep a person with a concussion awake, fearing the brain may just decide to quit during the slumber. But in fact, it’s quite the opposite. Researchers from the ...

Maybe you collided with your doubles partner during a pickleball match. Got rear-ended at a stoplight. Smacked your head on the kitchen cabinet door that’s been left open for the thousandth time. It ...

Researchers study the function of different types of brain cells after traumatic injury using fluorescent dyes in a novel "mini-brain." A biomedical engineering professor at the University of ...

A concussion happens when the snowglobe is shaken and the jelly moves around inside the glass. Now, if you imagine wrapping the snowglobe in bubble wrap and shaking it, the jelly is still going to ...