Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Vicki Anderson is Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology, University of Melbourne, Director of Critical Care and Neurosciences Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Director of Psychology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Keith Owen Yeates is Professor of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry, The Ohio State University and Director, Center for Biobehavioral Health, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Chief, Department of Psychology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.

1. Introduction: pediatric traumatic brain injury Vicki Anderson and Keith Yeates; 2. Genomics, proteomics, and biomarkers in pediatric TBI Rachel Berger, Patrick Kochanek and Ronald Hayes; 3. Neurobiology of traumatic brain injury sustained during cerebral development David Hovda; 4. Biomechanics of pediatric TBI Susan Margulies; 5. Clinical trials in pediatric TBI David Adelson; 6. Neurobehavioral outcomes of pediatric TBI Gerry Taylor; 7. Neuroimaging in pediatric TBI Stephen Ashwal; 8. Mild traumatic brain injury Mike Kirkwood and Keith Yeates; 9. Mild pediatric TBI: consequences in adulthood Erik Hessen; 10. Psychosocial intervention in pediatric TBI Shari Wade; 11. Cognitive rehabilitation in children with TBI Ingrid van't Hooft; 12. Pediatric TBI: challenges for treatment and rehabilitation Cathy Catroppa; 13. Integrative, multi-disciplinary and translational research Bryan Kolb; 14. Conclusions: where to now? Vicki Anderson and Keith Yeates.