> For teenage athletes, even mild concussions can cause
> >memory problems lasting up to a week.
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> Huh? Whazzat?
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> > The first study
> >of its kind evaluates the effects of and recovery from
> >mild head injuries in high school sports. The
> >short-term effects are more serious than most people
> >realize, scientists say...
> >
> >...Athletes saw doctors 36 hours, four days, and seven
> >days after their injuries occurred. Doctors classified
> >their mild concussions as more severe and less severe
> >based on how long their mental state was altered on
> >the field. The more severe group had amnesia and
> >disorientation for more than five minutes while the
> >less-severe group had no change in mental state, or
> >changes that lasted less than five minutes.
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> One of my areas of academic interest is imaging of head trauma. We are about to
>imbark on a MRI/ functional MR/ MR tractography/ and neuropsychiatric testing on
>people with minor head injury. Up until now there have been no reliable imaging
>findings but we hope to be able to demonstrate subtle abnormalities with these new MR
>techniques that can identify the root cause of concussion and predict the lenght of
>post-traumatic syndromes
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