Canadian
Traumatic Brain
Injury Research
Consortium

The Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium was created in December 2015 and was initially funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). To know more about our group, please click on the link “know more”.

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CTRC members
0 152
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0 25
Institutions
0 68
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0 22

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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), including sport-related concussion, has become a major health issue. Nearly 10% of mTBI patients (aged 0-18 years) are symptomatic with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) three months after injury. Persistent post-concussion symptoms often result in significant disability and family burden. However, the biological explanation for these prolonged PCS symptoms remains unclear.

Each year in Canada approximately 276,000 women become victims of intimate partner violence. Quite often the violence targets the head...

The majority of individuals recover in the initial 7-10 days following injury but in up to 30% of cases, symptoms may persist...

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