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The human brain is a three-pound organ that remains largely an enigma. But most people have heard of the brain’s gray matter, which is needed for cognitive functions such as learning, remembering and reasoning.

The suffering caused by domestic violence is emotional, spiritual and physical. But there's one aspect of that suffering that is almost invisible.

BrainLine sat down with Dr. Edward C. Wright to discuss PTSD. Dr. Wright is a board-certified clinical psychologist in the Home Base Program of Massachusetts General Hospital, focused primarily on providing treatment for PTSD. He is also part of the Wounded Warrior Project’s® Warrior Care Network®, which helps veterans transition to civilian life. Dr. Wright spoke about PTSD and his use of cognitive-behavioral therapies to treat anxiety and depression.

There is a lot of misinformation our there. Here is what researchers currently know about chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.

Oxygen is our lifeblood. Learn how a decrease of oxygen supply to the brain can occur after TBI.

This standard scale measures levels of consciousness in a person following a brain injury. Learn how it works.

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

An approach that treats the whole person.

A brain injury can affect just about everything — including the way you walk, talk, and think. That's why there are a number of treatments available that attempt to restore the parts of life that have been affected by a brain injury.

It's called the “invisible injury” for a reason: brain injury is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat.