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Can Saliva Be Used to Identify Prolonged Concussion Symptoms in Children?

Salivary microRNA levels may represent an accurate, objective, and easily collected measure of prolonged concussion symptom risk.

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First Comprehensive Profile of Lifelong Effects of Concussion

Study: Chronic behavioral and neuropathological consequences of concussion

Study establishes the first comprehensive profile of the chronic behavioral and neuropathological consequences of single and repetitive mild traumatic brain injury over the lifespan of an animal.

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Study Links a Clear Molecular Relationship Between TBI and CTE

Cis P-tau is induced in clinical and preclinical brain injury and contributes to post-injury sequelae

A Harvard Medical School study published in Nature Communications shows a molecular relationship between TBI and CTE but also a possible treatment mechanism — just not one that can be used to treat humans quite yet.

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Study Calls for New Approach to Studying Concussion

Concussion As a Multi-Scale Complex System

Understanding the puzzling and complex nature of concussion and how to treat it will take a whole new way of approaching the problem, according to new research led by Portland State University.

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1 in 5 Teens Reports A Concussion Diagnosis

One in 5 teens report having had a concussion in their lifetime

A new University of Michigan study confirms what many hospital emergency rooms nationwide are seeing: Teens playing contact sports suffer from concussions.

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After Head Injury, Brain Cell Births Bay Cause Seizures and Cognitive Decline

New research challenges the prevailing scientific assumption that, during recovery from head trauma, excessive neurogenesis (birth of new brain cells) is advantageous.

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Is Concussion Associated with Abnormal Menstrual Patterns in Young Women?

Study compares abnormal menstrual patterns in adolescents and young women with a sport-related concussion and those with non-head sport-related orthopedic injuries.

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Poll: Majority of Americans Say Sports Concussions are Major Health Issue

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According to a national poll, a majority of Americans say they believe concussions and brain injuries resulting from sports are a major problem and leagues like the NFL are not doing enough to respond.