Child Brain Versus Adult Brain with Traumatic Brain Injury

Jeffrey Barth, PhD

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Posted on BrainLine July 29, 2010. Reviewed December 20, 2017.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King, BrainLine.

About the author: Jeffrey Barth, PhD

Jeffrey Barth, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus in the UVA Medical School and the Brain Injury and Sports Concussion Institute.

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