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Johns Hopkins Study of Retired NFL Players
Sheds Light on Concussion-Related Brain Damage
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Johns Hopkins Study of Retired NFL Players
Sheds Light on Concussion-Related Brain Damage
Research provides further evidence of potential long-term neurological
risks to football players who sustain repeated head injuries
Marin Hedin
January 26, 2015
Posted in Health, Science+Technology
Tagged concussions, head injuries
HUB
http://hub.jhu.edu/2015/01/26/nfl-players-concussion-research#
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A team of Johns Hopkins specialists has gathered evidence of accumulated
brain damage in former NFL players that could be linked to specific memory
deficits experienced decades after the men stopped playing the game.
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The small study, which involved imaging and cognitive tests of nine former
NFL players, provides further evidence of the potential long-term
neurological risks to football players who sustain repeated concussions.
It also strengthens the argument of those calling for better player
protections.
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Results of the study are published in the February 2015 issue of the
journal Neurobiology of Disease.
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"We're hoping that our findings are going to further inform the game,"
says Jennifer Coughlin, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral
sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "That may
mean individuals are able to make more educated decisions about whether
they're susceptible to brain injury, advise how helmets are structured, or
inform guidelines for the game to better protect players."
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Several anecdotal accounts and studies have suggested that athletes
exposed to repeat concussionsincluding collegiate and professional
football, hockey, and soccer playerscould suffer permanent brain damage
and deficits from these events. However, the mechanism of damage and the
source of these deficits have remained unclear.
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To understand them, Coughlin; Yuchuan Wang, assistant professor of
radiology and radiological science at the JHU School of Medicine; and
their colleagues used tests to directly detect deficits and to quantify
localized molecular differences between the brains of former players and
of healthy people who didn't play football.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Neuroinflammation and brain atrophy in former NFL players: An in vivo
multimodal imaging pilot study
Jennifer M. Coughlina, 1,
Yuchuan Wangb, 1,
Cynthia A. Munroa, e,
Shuangchao Mac,
Chen Yued,
Shaojie Chend,
Raag Airanb,
Pearl K. Kima,
Ashley V. Adamsa,
Cinthya Garciaa,
Cecilia Higgsa,
Haris I. Sairb,
Akira Sawaa,
Gwenn Smitha,
Constantine G. Lyketsosa,
Brian Caffod,
Michael Kassiouf, g,
Tomas R. Guilarteh,
Martin G. Pompera, b, ,
doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2014.10.019
Neurobiology of Disease
Volume 74, February 2015, Pages 5865
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