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The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, recently placed into testing a whole-body simultaneous PET and MRI device w

Researchers have a new weapon in their arsenal to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military service members and civilians.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today 15 grant awards for $7 million over the next year to improve services available to children and adolescents who have experienced traumatic events. Two types of grant aw

Harvard researchers have recently uncovered some of the biological mechanisms underlying the traumatic brain injuries caused by bomb explosions, suggesting future avenues for improved treatment and therapy.

Sixty-six percent of the most seriously wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have "invisible" injuries of brain trauma or post-traumatic stress, which their families and society will live with at great cost for decades, said Gen. Peter Chi