title: Effects of repetitive sub-concussive brain injury on the functional connectivity of Default Mode Network in high school football athletes.
abstract: Sub-concussive head impacts are identified as a source of accrued damage. Football athletes experience hundreds of such blows each season. Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to prospectively study changes in Default Mode Network connectivity for clinically asymptomatic high school football athletes. Athletes exhibited short-term changes relative to baseline and across sessions.
authors: a School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana.
authors: Kausar
authors: K
authors: Abbas
authors: Trey E
authors: TE
authors: Shenk
authors: Victoria N
authors: VN
authors: Poole
authors: Meghan E
authors: ME
authors: Robinson
authors: Larry J
authors: LJ
authors: Leverenz
authors: Eric A
authors: EA
authors: Nauman
authors: Thomas M
authors: TM
authors: Talavage
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies