In a groundbreaking new study, a team of (very serious) academics have determined that a total of 704 head injuries occur in the 34 Asterix and Obelix comic books. That’s almost 21 per book! The researchers ranked the severity of the injuries on the standard Glasgow coma scale, and found that a shocking 390 of them fit [...]

Ed. Note: To coincide with Independence Day celebrations, we’re offering an educational 4-part series “Saluting our Soldiers.” We’re taking a closer look at the mental health issues facing today’s soldiers and veterans—and sharing the latest research news affecting military personnel. Overview: Official military figures report that about 115,000 troops have experienced a traumatic brain injury [...]

This past Super Bowl weekend, I wrote about some interesting connections between neuroscience and football, including a variety of statistics and opinions about brain injuries and football. Now that football season is over, I’ve noticed an increasing number of headlines about brain injuries in hockey players. Recent research in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) found [...]

Yesterday, we hosted an excellent Q&A session on Facebook about music and the brain. Music therapist Kimberly Sena Moore answered people’s questions and I think we all learned a lot! For those who missed the discussion and prefer to read it in transcript form, I’ve re-posted it here. You can find Kimberly’s blog about music [...]

The question on most people’s minds this Sunday will be “Packers or Steelers?” not “What does the Super Bowl have to do with your brain?” For those of us who are interested in neuroscience, though, it turns out that there is a whole body of fascinating research and writings on a variety of topics that [...]

We talk often on this blog about the connection between foods and brain health. One of the brain healthy ingredients we recommend working into your diet is turmeric, a bright orange spice that’s a component of many yellow curry powders. In rats, turmeric has been found to reduce amyloid plaques, one of the physical symptoms [...]

The New York Times published a very interesting article describing a new study that suggests that brain trauma–like concussions and other head injuries–can over time cause damage that looks like Lou Gehrig’s disease (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS). This might mean that some people diagnosed with ALS actually are suffering from the long-term effects of [...]

A major effort to find biomarkers that identify serious head injury is underway

Ed. note: Today we are pleased to present a guest post from Chelsea Travers, a communications representative from CareMeridian who is educating the public about traumatic brain injury.Click on her name above for a full biography. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is all too commonly associated with modern warfare, particularly the War on Terror. Many veterans [...]

After nearly two decades in a semi-conscious state, a man has recovered the ability to speak and move, thanks to new nerve connections grown by his brain.  Nineteen years ago a car accident caused teenaged Terry Wallis to suffer a massive traumatic brain injury that left him capable of little more than occasional grunts. As [...]