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Misconceptions About Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Dr. Geoffrey Ling talks about misconceptions about mTBI — from thinking a concussion is different from a mild TBI to believing that a TBI will always come with life-long, debilitating consequences.

Posted on BrainLine January 15, 2013.

Produced by Noel Gunther, Ashley Gilleland, and Erica Queen, BrainLine.

About the author: Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD

Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD is a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, where he has responsibility for a broad research portfolio. Dr. Ling is an authority on traumatic brain injury, especially as it pertains to the military.

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