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Even When Mild, Young Brains Need Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury

Research shows that even mild TBI can cause permanent brain changes in young adults – and that the damage worsens over time.

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Three Lesions, Three Lives

Brain lesions have taught scientists a lot about how the brain works.

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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball: NFL Concussion Crisis

Media coverage of Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, and other lesser known National Football League (NFL) players involved in domestic abuse cases has pushed the larger problem facing the game—chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—to the back burner.

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3D Printed Brain Saves A Life

Whether people are making 3D-printed cars, guns, or even organs, this technology is becoming wild with the thousands of different applications.

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Siddharthan Chandran: Can the Damaged Brain Repair Itself?

After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself. Siddharthan Chandran walks through some new techniques using special stem cells that could allow the damaged brain to rebuild faster.

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Jennifer Morgan: Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places

A researcher explains how her undergraduate experience inspired a career studying spinal cord injury.

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V.S. Ramachandran: 3 Clues to Understanding Your Brain

Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.

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Hopkins Football Player Studies Concussions

When it comes to football’s concussion crisis, a picture has been painted with two clear sides. On one side are the concerned parents, media, and researchers.

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Vietnam Veterans Help Neuroscientists Map Emotional Intelligence in the Brain

How are factual and social knowledge linked? Vietnam veterans with focal brain injuries help neuroscientists determine the answer in this video.

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The Brain's Green Thumb

Understanding how new neurons integrate into existing brain regions may hold the secret to restoring brain function after injury or disease.

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Neuroscience

If you ever feel sorry for yourself, visit a neurologist’s waiting room.

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Brain Trauma

See for yourself what happens to the brain during a head injury. This short video is a great resource to enhance your lesson plans.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Help your students prevent and understand concussions. These lesson plans provide hands-on activities to learn more about head injuries.

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