Citation

Poole VN, Abbas K, Shenk TE, Breedlove EL, Breedlove KM, Robinson ME, Leverenz LJ, Nauman EA, Talavage TM, Dydak U. Dev. Neuropsychol. 2014; 39(6): 459-473.

Affiliation

a Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/87565641.2014.940619

PMID

25144258

Abstract

With growing evidence of long-term neurological damage in individuals enduring repetitive head trauma, it is critical to detect lower-level damage accumulation for the early diagnosis of injury in at-risk populations. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic scans of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and primary motor cortex were collected from high school American (gridiron) football athletes, prior to and during their competition seasons. Although no concussions were diagnosed, significant metabolic deviations from baseline and non-collision sport controls were revealed. Overall the findings indicate underlying biochemical changes, consequential to repetitive hits, which have previously gone unnoticed due to a lack of traditional neurological symptoms.

Language: en