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

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) ...

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

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

A severely brain injured woman, who recovered the ability to communicate using her left eye, restored connections and function of the areas of her brain responsible for producing expressive language ...

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 ...

ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff shares his story of severe brain injury recovery. Jan 10, 2011— -- It is hard to remember how I felt at that very moment when my life changed in an instant. Although ...

Dr. Gregory Ward, a physician in Baton Rouge, works daily to restore and enhance the functional abilities of individuals who have experienced brain injuries. His work involves various treatments, ...

For years, concussions were described as temporary disruptions in brain function that could not be seen on any medical test.

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

After suffering from a stroke in 2011 in Massachusetts, Rachel Bowman has made progress in her recovery with the support of ...

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