Axonal degeneration and neuroinflammation are increasingly recognised as pivotal processes in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Axonal degeneration refers to the progressive ...

Call neurosurgery for head trauma with falling GCS (especially < 8), new focal deficits or pupillary changes, seizures, or CT showing epidural > 15 mm or subdural > 10 mm.

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a molecular switch in neurons that limits the regrowth of damaged axonal fibers. The ...

Bianchi suffered the severe head injury in an incident at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday when the Marussia driver collided with a recovery vehicle that was attending to Adrian Sutil's earlier crash ...

Damages to the central nervous system (CNS), for example in the case of spinal cord injury, can result in permanent loss of sensory and motor function. It is because the severed axons are unable to ...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly referred to as 'concussion', affects over 1.7 million in the USA annually with costs of nearly US$17 billion. [1] Despite the name, these injuries are by ...