Brain Injuries

"Brain Injuries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.

Descriptor ID	D001930
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.199 C10.900.300.087 C26.915.300.200
Concept/Terms	Brain Injuries Brain Injuries Injuries, Brain Brain Injury Injury, Brain Injuries, Acute Brain Injuries, Acute Brain Acute Brain Injuries Acute Brain Injury Brain Injury, Acute Injury, Acute Brain Brain Injuries, Acute Brain Lacerations Brain Lacerations Brain Laceration Laceration, Brain Lacerations, Brain Brain Injuries, Focal Brain Injuries, Focal Brain Injury, Focal Focal Brain Injury Injuries, Focal Brain Injury, Focal Brain Focal Brain Injuries

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Brain Injuries".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Brain Injuries [C10.228.140.199]
Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C10.900.300]
Brain Injuries [C10.900.300.087]
Wounds and Injuries [C26]
Trauma, Nervous System [C26.915]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.915.300]
Brain Injuries [C26.915.300.200]

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Bar chart showing 315 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 27 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	0	2
1996	3	0	3
1997	2	0	2
1998	2	1	3
1999	4	1	5
2001	3	0	3
2002	7	1	8
2003	13	1	14
2004	10	3	13
2005	11	1	12
2006	15	0	15
2007	10	1	11
2008	14	4	18
2009	15	4	19
2010	20	6	26
2011	13	2	15
2012	22	3	25
2013	23	2	25
2014	24	3	27
2015	17	2	19
2016	4	0	4
2017	2	2	4
2018	3	1	4
2019	4	0	4
2020	6	1	7
2021	5	0	5
2022	10	0	10
2023	10	0	10
2024	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Injuries" by people in Profiles.

Nordham KD, Tatum D, Attia AS, Patel MB, Paramesh A, Duchesne JC, Nahmias J, Maiga AW, Peetz AB, Udekwu PO, Stiles A, Shell C, Stodghill JD, Maghsoudi T, Iacullo E, McLafferty B, Coonan E, Boudreau RM, Zimmerman SA, Shammassian B, Egodage T, Aramento I, Morris P, Metheny J, Farrell MS, Painter MD, McCabe OT, Spadafore P, Wong DT, Serrano J, Sciarretta JD, Kim P, Hayton R, Gonzales D, Murry J, Meadows K, Jacobson LE, Williams JM, Bernard AC, Smith B, Morrissey SL, Patel N, Tabello D, Teicher E, Chowdhury SM, Ahmad F, Marcos BS, West MA, Jacome TH, Davis G, Marks JA, Rattigan D, Haan JM, Lightwine K, Matsushima K, Park S, Santos A, Shrestha K, Sawyer R, VandenBerg S, Jean RJ, Hicks RC, Lueckel S, Bugaev N, Abosena W, Alvarez C, Lieser MJ, McDonald H, Dumas RP, Fitzgerald CA, Terzian WTH, Tian Y, Mousafeiris V, Mulita F, Berne JD, Mederos DR, Smith AA, Taghavi S. Impact of catastrophic brain injury guidelines on organ donation rates: Results of an EAST multicenter trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Jan 01; 98(1):117-126.

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Salazar-Torres J, Church C, Miller F, Lennon N, Howard JJ, Shields T, Owens L, Zhang R, Shrader MW. Gait pattern differences in unilaterally affected children with cerebral palsy and children with acquired brain insult. Gait Posture. 2025 Jan; 115:116-121.

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Franzova E, Shen Q, Doyle K, Chen JM, Egbebike J, Vrosgou A, Carmona JC, Grobois L, Heinonen GA, Velazquez A, Gonzales IJ, Egawa S, Agarwal S, Roh D, Park S, Connolly ES, Claassen J. Injury patterns associated with cognitive motor dissociation. Brain. 2023 11 02; 146(11):4645-4658.

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Bodien YG, Beaulieu CL, Giacino JT, Weintraub A, Whyte J, Williams MW. How Severe Is Severe Disability After Traumatic Brain Injury? Response to Sarigul B et al., Prognostication and goals of care decisions in Severe traumatic brain injury: A survey of the Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference Working Group (DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0414). J Neurotrauma. 2023 11; 40(21-22):2449-2451.

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Mouchtouris N, Luck T, Yudkoff C, Locke K, Momin A, Khanna O, Andrews C, Gonzalez G, Harrop J, Shah SO, Jallo J. Ventriculostomy Associated with Reduced Mortality in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Compared to Parenchymal ICP Monitoring: A Propensity Score-Adjusted Analysis. World Neurosurg. 2023 10; 178:e445-e452.

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Brennan DJ, Duda J, Ware JB, Whyte J, Choi JY, Gugger J, Focht K, Walter AE, Bushnik T, Gee JC, Diaz-Arrastia R, Kim JJ. Spatiotemporal profile of atrophy in the first year following moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Hum Brain Mapp. 2023 09; 44(13):4692-4709.

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Silverberg ND, Iverson GL, Cogan A, Dams-O-Connor K, Delmonico R, Graf MJP, Iaccarino MA, Kajankova M, Kamins J, McCulloch KL, McKinney G, Nagele D, Panenka WJ, Rabinowitz AR, Reed N, Wethe JV, Whitehair V, Anderson V, Arciniegas DB, Bayley MT, Bazarian JJ, Bell KR, Broglio SP, Cifu D, Davis GA, Dvorak J, Echemendia RJ, Gioia GA, Giza CC, Hinds SR, Katz DI, Kurowski BG, Leddy JJ, Sage NL, Lumba-Brown A, Maas AI, Manley GT, McCrea M, Menon DK, Ponsford J, Putukian M, Suskauer SJ, van der Naalt J, Walker WC, Yeates KO, Zafonte R, Zasler ND, Zemek R. The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 08; 104(8):1343-1355.

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LoBue C, Schaffert J, Dams-O'Connor K, Taiwo Z, Sander A, Venkatesan UM, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, Hammond FM, Wilmoth K, Ding K, Bell K, Munro Cullum C. Identification of Factors in Moderate-Severe TBI Related to a Functional Decline in Cognition Decades After Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 11; 104(11):1865-1871.

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Dasgupta D, Elhusseiny AM, Phillips PH, Jayappa S, Hill SEM, Tanaka T, Glasier CM, Vilanilam GK, Purushothaman R, Clingenpeel R, Murray L, Choudhary A, Ramakrishnaiah R. Utility of balanced steady-state field precession sequence in the evaluation of retinal and subdural hemorrhages in patients with abusive head trauma. Pediatr Radiol. 2023 08; 53(9):1842-1853.

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Nikam RM, Kecskemethy HH, Kandula VVR, Averill LW, Langhans SA, Yue X. Abusive Head Trauma Animal Models: Focus on Biomarkers. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 24; 24(5).

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