Aphasia occurs when a brain disorder affects a person’s language abilities, such as speaking, reading, and writing. The type of aphasia a person has depends on where damage occurs in the brain.

If you have a first seizure as an adult, it could be an indication of epilepsy, or it may be an isolated episode. Causes in adults include a stroke, head trauma, alcohol withdrawal, brain tumor, or ...

Our Brain Injury Program specialists are here to help you get back to your everyday activities after your brain injury. It's our goal to help regain your independence and adapt to your new lifestyle.

To investigate how the brain recovers from injury, researchers surgically created a small lesion on one side of a rat's brain, in a region that controls one forelimb. In the weeks following the ...

Assorted brain injuries have a lot in common, although each one is completely different, according to Joyce Davis, a brain injury specialist who serves patients throughout South Carolina from her ...

A new study led by scientists from BGI Genomics' Institute of Intelligent Medical Research (IIMR) has identified early biomarkers and disease neurons associated with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) pathology ...

Your brain is a complex, marvelous, unique connection of nerves, blood vessels and tissues. Its texture is similar to custard in a bowl – soft, pliable and slippery. Yet, it is the center of your ...

As winter sports season reaches its peak, the thrill of the slopes and the rink often comes with high speeds and hard ...

We may have been overestimating the role of a pathological class of misfolded protein in neurodegenerative disease. Called prions, these molecules are responsible for conditions such as bovine ...