The Role of Location of Subconcussive Head Impacts in fMRI Brain Activation Change.

Dev Neuropsychol. 2015 Feb-Mar;40(2):74-79

Authors: Robinson ME, Shenk TE, Breedlove EL, Leverenz LJ, Nauman EA, Talavage TM

Abstract
Monte-Carlo permutation analysis was used to identify sets of head impacts most predictive of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) changes in football players. The relative distribution of impact location was found to be more predictive of brain activation changes than the number of impacts, suggesting that fMRI changes are related to systematic playing style.

PMID: 25961589 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]