HIGHLIGHTS-The etiology leading up to late-onset affective symptoms after mild TBI is unknown-A single diffuse traumatic brain injury leads to sex-specific changes in the HPA axis-Both injury-induced neuroinflammation and astrocytosis are greater in males compared with females-TBI leads to increased GR protein levels in the hippocampus of females, but not males
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