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Many experts collaborated on the plan for the National Intrepid Center of Excellence with the goal of creating an objective measure to better characterize brain injury, and then treat it.

Neuroradiologist Gerard Riedy talks about the variety of ways the PET scan can be used to image injuries to the brain.

Dr. Shane McNamee talks about helping each veteran transform from a patient with complex injuries back to an individual with many roles — Marine, father, husband, son, athlete, artist ...

Service members, veterans, their families, and professionals can find programs to help with brain injury and psychological health at Military OneSource and the Rand Corporation.

The main recommendations from RAND report on TBI and psych health included centralizing information, addressing gaps, and studying ways in which programs can find people with early symptoms.

Blast injuries are a complex form of injury — from the effects of pressure waves on the body's tissue to the psychological trauma that can come with physical injury.

A full neuropsychological evaluation of a child with a mild brain injury can often tell more about the nature of the damage and its functional effects than imaging screens like CAT scans or MRIs.

Overwhelming fatigue post-injury can be due to disrupted sleep patterns — and there are strategies to help.

Service members need to share their injury history, symptoms, and any diagnosis or treatment done in theater to help their stateside doctors better tailor care.

Biomarkers are anything that can measure acutely and then identify the prognosis or future development of a person's brain injury.

Derek McGinnis, an Iraq veteran, tells the story of his deployment, his combat injuries (brain, leg, hand, and more), and the road back to recovery.

Focus on what you can do after injury, give it 110% effort, and the other abilities will come. Navy veteran Derek McGinnis shares his experience.