DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, will support two new multi-institutional consortia focused on translational and clinical research on post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic effects of mild traumatic brain injury. These collaborative five-year efforts […]https://www.defencetalk.com/consortia-focus-on-ptsd-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-48886/

DefenceTalkTiny brain lesions are vastly more common in US Air Force pilots who fly at high altitudes than in non-pilots, according to a study released Monday. The findings in the journal Neurology describe an analysis of 102 pilots who fly U-2 reconnaissance aircraft at an altitude of some 21,000 meters (70,000 feet). These pilots, age […]https://www.defencetalk.com/study-finds-brain-lesions-in-spy-plane-pilots-48818/