June 3, 2011 — In a new study of military personnel with blast-related subacute traumatic brain injury sustained during combat, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) detected abnormalities consistent with ...

When combined with PTSD and mild TBI, low-level blast exposure is associated with cognitive outcomes in military personnel.

Nicole Herling was praying for brain disease. That’s rarely happy news. But for her, it offered a potential answer to a haunting question: why, in less than a year, had her brother transformed from a ...

Efforts to improve care and research for service members suffering from brain injuries are included in both the Senate and House versions of the annual must-pass defense policy bill, raising the ...

Soldiers fire mortars in support of operations in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, in March 2019. (Sgt. Jordan Trent/Army) Defense Department leaders on Friday unveiled a series of new steps designed to ...

Sweeping new efforts to protect the brain health of service members, including stricter safety standards for existing and new weapons, were included in the annual defense policy bill approved by ...

TBI triggers both primary mechanical damage and delayed secondary injuries like inflammation and neurodegeneration. Cognitive effects may include memory loss, mood swings, and impaired social judgment ...