A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a sudden hit, jolt, or impact on the head or body, leading to rapid movement of the brain inside the skull.

We often hear the word “concussion” associated with athletic injuries, but anyone can be susceptible to this mild traumatic ...

A research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) has discovered that the ...

A research team has discovered that the two key pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's -- tau protein and beta-amyloid -- affect brain circuits in distinct yet synergistic ways, particularly those ...

Former Pro Bowl guard Conrad Dobler, once dubbed the NFL's "dirtiest player," had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in 2023, his family announced through the ...

Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine can detect small amounts of the ...

This breakthrough was made possible by the development of a novel transgenic mouse model that replicates both tau and beta-amyloid pathologies. “Although both proteins accumulate in the brains ...

Researchers from the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) have found that tau protein and beta-amyloid – two pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease – ...

What if a simple saliva test could diagnose PTSD? In the latest episode of TAU Unbound, Tel Aviv University's flagship ...