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What is CTE?

Dr. Perl describes chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

How Common is CTE?

Dr. Perl discusses reports of the prevalence of CTE in professional athletes.

Why Autopsies Matter

Dr. Perl explains why autopsies are so important in providing data for brain research.

Long-Term Effects of Brain Injury

Understanding the long-term impact of a single traumatic brain injury as well as cumulative and CTE.

Examining Brains

Dr. Perl discusses the importance of brain donation and the repository he has helped to set up in order to provide more specimens for research.

Why We Need People to Donate Their Brains

Dr. Perl describes the differences between scanned images of a live brain as opposed to the specimen that can be analyzed under a powerful microscope.

How We Study the Brain

Dr. Perl describes the process by which a brain specimen is studied in the lab.

How I Came to the Military

Dr. Daniel Perl describes how he was recruited from his work at Mount Sinai to work on traumatic brain injury in the military.

What Do You Need?

What do you need? You, meaning you reading this blog. Because I promise that there is a way that a yoga practice can give you part of what you need—if not all of it. And I rarely make promises. Ask me. Test me. Try me.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for PTSD

EMDR helps process and make sense of trauma. It involves calling the trauma to mind while paying attention to a back-and-forth movement or sound (like a finger waving side to side, a light, or a tone).

The Double-Edge Sword of Time

People close to me often think I am “over” all my brain injury challenges. Herein lies the challenge of being a long-term survivor...

Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Learn which TBI symptoms are a medical emergency, commonly missed signs of brain injury in children, and the risks of permanent damage.

Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) Test

This screening tool can be used for the initial evaluation and diagnosis of people who have or may have had a concussion.

Headaches After Traumatic Brain Injury

Post-traumatic headache is the most common symptom following a brain injury. Learn more.

PTSD Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about this complex and sometimes debilitating mental state.

What Can I Do If I Think I Have PTSD?

When and how to seek help and why it matters.

¿Cuáles son las causas y los factores de riesgo para el traumatismo cerebral?

Las causas de la TBI pueden abarcar desde las caídas hasta los accidentes automovilísticos. Entérese más.

Emotional Problems After Traumatic Brain Injury

Emotional changes can be very tricky after a brain injury — for the injured person and his family.

What are the Signs and Symptoms of Concussion?

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of a Concussion?

Some concussion symptoms may appear right away. Others may not be noticed for days or weeks after the injury.

¿Cuáles son los signos y síntomas del traumatismo cerebral?

Los síntomas de una TBI pueden ser leves, moderados o graves, dependiendo de la magnitud de los daños al cerebro.

Silver Linings

During Steven’s many years of rehabilitation, when tanks ran empty, when exhaustion hit so hard that not even a double shot of espresso coupled with dark chocolate could revive me, silver linings showed up in the form of everyday people...

Lesión cerebral traumaticá: ¿Y la Escuela?

Entender los conceptos básicos de un TBI es crucial, sobre todo porque los síntomas pueden ser invisibles.

Traumatic Brain Injury: What About School?

Understanding the basics of TBI is crucial, especially since the symptoms can be invisible.

Overview of TBI Model Systems

The National TBI Model Systems is supporting innovative projects and research to meet the needs of individuals with brain injury.

We Lost Another Veteran Yesterday

It will be true on the day I post this, and it will be true on the day that you read it. Another Veteran will have succumbed to the struggle and died by suicide. You may wonder, “what can I do?”

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