Traumatic Brain InjuryTraumatic brain injury is a direct (impact to the head) or indirect (shaking as in whiplash or “shaken baby”) mechanical injury to the brain that results in tearing, stretching, or shearing of tissue, secondary inflammation, and neurological dysfunction. Current estimates are

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and DementiaMild cognitive impairment (MCI) is the stage between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging, and the more serious decline of dementia. It can involve problems with memory, language, thinking and judgment that are greater than normal age-related cha

StrokeStroke is a neurological deficit attributed to an acute focal injury of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by an injury to a blood vessel. The injury is either a blood clot in a blood vessel or a rupture of a blood vessel. The area of the brain deprived by blood flow usually has a central

Migraine HeadacheMigraine is a type of headache, affecting over 10% of the world’s population. Migraines are three times as common in women as in men. Migraines are thought to be caused by genetic predisposition, combined with environmental factors that act as triggers to cause changes in the diame