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Longer Recovery Time Needed for Younger Brain?

Michael McCrea, PhD
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An adolescent athlete may need a few extra days of recovery time than her college counterpart since her brain is still developing.

Posted on BrainLine October 20, 2010.

Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King, BrainLine.

About the author: Michael McCrea, PhD

Michael McCrea, PhD is the executive director of the ProHealth Care Research Institute and Neuroscience Center near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and has headed up the Neuropsychology Service at Waukesha Memorial Hospital since 1996.

Michael McCrea