Background: Childhood acquired brain injury (ABI) often leads to impairment in cognitive
functioning, resulting in disabilities in both the home and school environment. Assessing the …

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postsynaptic glutamate receptors triggers a complex chain of intracellular events resulting in …

Objective To examine reliable change in postconcussive symptoms and its functional
consequences among children with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) over the first year …

This article builds upon Traumatic Brain Injury Common Data Elements (TBI CDE) version
1.0 and the pediatric CDE Initiative by emphasizing the essential role of psychosocial risk …

Human genetic association studies in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have
increased rapidly over the past few years. Recently, several review articles evaluated the …

Background Pediatric traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have not been well studied in China.
This study investigated characteristics and trends of hospitalized TBIs sustained by Chinese …

This chapter provides an overview of the current literature regarding postconcussion
symptom scales for children and adolescents, reviewing the development, use with children …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents can significantly affect their lives
and educational needs. Deficits are often exhibited in areas such as attention, concentration …

Much evidence suggests that social function is one of the best indicators of future and
current behavioral and emotional problems—even better than diagnosis (Angold, Costello …

The outcomes of mTBI in children and adolescents are controversial (McKinlay, 2009;
Yeates, 2010). Research on the outcomes of mTBI has been identified as a pressing need in …