What are the after effects of traumatic brain injury?

CTE is a brain disease that results from changes in the brain. These changes can affect how a person thinks, feels, acts, and moves. Traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, and repeated hits to the head, called subconcussive head impacts, may lead to CTE. read more

Here goes: Poor impulse control. This is primary if the frontal lobe is involved. The main thing the brain does is tell us what not to do. That is kept intact by very tiny inhibitors. read more

Severe brain injury is associated with loss of consciousness for more than 30 minutes and memory loss after the injury or penetrating skull injury longer than 24 hours. The deficits range from impairment of higher level cognitive functions to comatose states. read more