A concussion is the least serious form of brain injury, caused by a sharp blow to the head. Concussions range from mild to severe, but always affect, at least temporarily ...

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a degenerative disease that effects the brain and believed to be caused by repeated head trauma resulting in large accumulations of tau proteins, killing cells in ...

Brain Injuries are any damage to the brain, most commonly following a sudden trauma such as concussion. Brain Injuries can be severe enough to cause death or coma, while other ...

Specified risk material (SRM) is the general term designated for tissues of ruminant animals that cannot be inspected and passed for human food because scientists have determined that BSE-causing ...

Mad Cow Disease, is the colloquial term for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Mad cow disease is a degenerative neurological disease that causes the brain, spine and nervous system to irreversibly ...

Ted Johnson was a linebacker for the New England Patriots between 1995-2005. During his career he amassed 866 tackles. Since his retirement in 2005, Johnson has suffered severe bouts of ...

The degenerative brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is quite rare, with only one case per million people diagnosed each year. Most cases occur in older adults. Few people had even heard ...

Flumazenil (also known as flumazepil, code name Ro 15-1788, trade names Anexate, Lanexat, Mazicon, Romazicon) is a benzodiazepine antagonist.