Military-Related Traumatic Brain Injury and the Future of Research

  • Published2 Feb 2017
  • Reviewed2 Feb 2017
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Lisa Brenner, an associate professor at the University of Colorado, talks about traumatic brain injury in military personnel and symptoms that many people experience when they've had a head injury.

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