title: The persistent influence of concussive injuries on cognitive control and neuroelectric function.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Increasing attention is being paid to the deleterious effects of sport-related concussion on cognitive and brain health.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the influence of concussion incurred during early life on the cognitive control and neuroelectric function of young adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Research laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty young adults were separated into groups according to concussive history (0 or 1+). Participants incurred all injuries during sport and recreation before the age of 18 years and were an average of 7.1 ± 4.0 years from injury at the time of the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  All participants completed a 3-stimulus oddball task, a numeric switch task, and a modified flanker task during which event-related potentials and behavioral measures were collected.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reaction time, response accuracy, and electroencephalographic activity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with control participants, the concussion group exhibited decreased P3 amplitude during target detection within the oddball task and during the heterogeneous condition of the switch task. The concussion group also displayed increased N2 amplitude during the heterogeneous version of the switch task. Concussion history was associated with response accuracy during the flanker task.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People with a history of concussion may demonstrate persistent decrements in neurocognitive function, as evidenced by decreased response accuracy, deficits in the allocation of attentional resources, and increased stimulus-response conflict during tasks requiring variable amounts of cognitive control. Neuroelectric measures of cognitive control may be uniquely sensitive to the persistent and selective decrements of concussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hillman
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Broglio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004569:Electroencephalography; D018913:Event-Related Potentials, P300 / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult