TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - MR spectroscopic evidence of brain injury in the non-diagnosed collision sport athlete
JO  - Developmental neuropsychology
A1  - Poole, Victoria N.
A1  - Abbas, Kausar
A1  - Shenk, Trey E.
A1  - Breedlove, Evan L.
A1  - Breedlove, Katherine M.
A1  - Robinson, Meghan E.
A1  - Leverenz, Larry J.
A1  - Nauman, Eric A.
A1  - Talavage, Thomas M.
A1  - Dydak, Ulrike
SP  - 459
EP  - 473
VL  - 39
IS  - 6
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 8756-5641
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2014.940619
ID  - ref1
ER  -