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Women's Health Esmeralda Garcia-Ramirez Women's Health Esmeralda Garcia-Ramirez

MRI imaging and behavioral testing reveal emotional problems in female children post-concussion may be related to injury-caused delay in maturation of white matter 

A study published in Biological Psychiatry

found that concussions may alter the trajectory of white matter maturation in female children and that this alteration may play a role in the onset of new depression and anxiety after concussion. 

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Pathophysiology Zoe Heart Pathophysiology Zoe Heart

Mouse model shows possibilities of reversing memory deficits after repeated mild head impacts

A study published in The Journal of Neuroscience found that in mice, memory loss after being subjected to a high frequency of mild head impacts was linked to a deficiency in synaptic plasticity rather than “a loss of neural infrastructure.” There is the possibility that “cognitive impairment caused by head impact” could be clinically reversed.

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