A patient can be fully awake but still meet the clinical definition of traumatic brain injury if they cannot remember the ...

Loss of consciousness can pose real dangers for people with seizure disorders. And while not all seizures cause loss of consciousness, Yale researchers have now discovered how one common type of ...

Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of physical examination (including neurologic exam) for positive computed tomography scan findings in children with closed head injury, Glasgow Coma Scale ...

“It’s all about the brain,” said Jennifer DeWolfe, D.O., professor in the UAB Department of Neurology. “Seizure manifestations are stereotyped, so the same symptoms occur with each seizure that ...

Disorders of consciousness, including coma, can be induced by various causes, both traumatic and non-traumatic, which disrupt specific anatomical structures of the central nervous system responsible ...

In our last blog post, CBT and Consciousness: An Application, we explained how consciousness, being the decisive factor, is the ultimate factor behind perception. We explained that both the why of ...

Patients ages 2-16 who were being evaluated for closed head injury with brief (<5 mins) loss of consciousness or amnesia at a large tertiary, pediatric trauma center in San Diego County were ...