Do concussions affect women differently than men? What impact do they have on a person's psychological health? Researchers at Rutgers School of Health Professions – with the assistance of Rutgers ...

When playing sports, it's important to remember: Brains don't have seat belts. When rapid acceleration or deceleration of the brain inside the skull occurs with a blow to the head, a concussion ...

A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in life. The findings, published in Experimental Neurology, may have ...

Every year, between 3 million and 4 million Americans suffer concussions in sports and recreation. Head impacts and concussions caused by contact sports are a quickly growing epidemic among young ...

A concussion in football is a type of brain injury caused by a sudden impact or jolt to the head that disrupts normal brain function. The CDC defines a concussion as a type of traumatic brain injury ...

Researchers study the function of different types of brain cells after traumatic injury using fluorescent dyes in a novel "mini-brain." A biomedical engineering professor at the University of ...