Cortical thinning in former professional soccer players

IK Koerte, M Mayinger, M Muehlmann… - Brain imaging and …, 2016 - Springer
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer players are at high risk for repetitive
subconcussive head impact when heading the ball. Whether this leads to long-term …

Thinner cortex in collegiate football players with, but not without, a self-reported history of concussion

TB Meier, PSF Bellgowan, M Bergamino… - Journal of …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Emerging evidence suggests that a history of sports-related concussions can lead to long-
term neuroanatomical changes. The extent to which similar changes are present in young …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between brain atrophy and cognitive-behavioural symptoms in retired Canadian football players with multiple concussions

K Misquitta, M Dadar, A Tarazi, MW Hussain… - Neuroimage …, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple concussions, particularly in contact sports, have been associated with cognitive
deficits, psychiatric impairment and neurodegenerative diseases like chronic traumatic …

Hypoconnectivity and hyperfrontality in retired American football players

A Hampshire, A MacDonald, AM Owen - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Recent research has raised concerns about the long-term neurological consequences of
repetitive concussive and sub-concussive injuries in professional players of American …

Brain structure and function associated with a history of sport concussion: a multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging study

N Churchill, M Hutchison, D Richards… - Journal of …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
There is growing concern about the potential long-term consequences of sport concussion
for young, currently active athletes. However, there remains limited information about brain …

Longitudinal changes in resting state connectivity and white matter integrity in adolescents with sports-related concussion

DL Murdaugh, TZ King, B Sun, RA Jones… - Journal of the …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate alterations in functional connectivity,
white matter integrity, and cognitive abilities due to sports-related concussion (SRC) in …

Sports concussions and aging: a neuroimaging investigation

S Tremblay, L De Beaumont, LC Henry… - Cerebral …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Recent epidemiological and experimental studies suggest a link between cognitive decline
in late adulthood and sports concussions sustained in early adulthood. In order to provide …

Repeated head trauma is associated with smaller thalamic volumes and slower processing speed: the Professional Fighters' Brain Health Study

C Bernick, SJ Banks, W Shin, N Obuchowski… - British journal of sports …, 2015 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives Cumulative head trauma may alter brain structure and function. We explored the
relationship between exposure variables, cognition and MRI brain structural measures in a …

Persistent effects of playing football and associated (subconcussive) head trauma on brain structure and function: a systematic review of the literature

AA Tarnutzer, D Straumann, P Brugger… - British Journal of …, 2017 - bjsm.bmj.com
Aim/objective There is ongoing controversy about persistent neurological deficits in active
and former football (soccer) players. We reviewed the literature for associations between …

Relationship of collegiate football experience and concussion with hippocampal volume and cognitive outcomes

R Singh, TB Meier, R Kuplicki, J Savitz, I Mukai… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Concussion and subconcussive impacts have been associated with short-term
disrupted cognitive performance in collegiate athletes, but there are limited data on their …