When people think about stroke, they often focus on the moment it happens. However, scientists now believe that what happens ...

Every year in the U.S., about a million people are treated at emergency rooms for traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), and about ...

One in four adults over the age of 25 years old will suffer a stroke at some stage of their life. A stroke happens when a ...

Children who died soon after moderate or severe TBI had more bilateral brain swelling than adults. At autopsy, pediatric TBI patients had predominantly microvascular blood-brain barrier disruption. In ...

Bleeding occurs when trauma damages a blood vessel. When that trauma involves your head—whether the scalp, skull, or brain—it’s considered a head injury. These head injuries range in severity from a ...

Explore the complex mechanisms of cerebral malaria and its severe neurological complications caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite.