New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

Using advanced multimodal MRI techniques, researchers have mapped the “invisible scars” left behind by the virus. virus. The ...

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges ...

Physical rehabilitation and symptom management still remain the mainstay of treatment for stroke, as clot removal or ...

Dozens of people affected by traumatic brain injuries bundled up to ski in the third annual MoCrazy Strong’s “Alive to Thrive ...

A new study found that fixing energy balance in the brain reversed symptoms of advanced Alzheimer’s in mice.  Researchers used a drug (P7C3-A20) to ...

A new study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that fragmented sleep in injured mice is linked to a loss of rapid-eye-movement (REM) ...

When Gabe Brown woke from a coma last January at UPMC Mercy hospital, he could do little more than tilt his head and shift ...

Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

Watersmeet, and Sarah Elfreth introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen care for Veterans living with traumatic brain ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A decade after his 2016 injury, Nick Blackwell reveals the daily physical and mental struggles he still battles today.