Cognitive decline and aging: The role of concussive and subconcussive impacts

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 138-144

  Broglio, Steven P ^a   Eckner, James T ^a,b   Paulson, Henry L ^b,c   Kutcher, Jeffery S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; chronic traumatic encephalopathy; cognitive and motor decline; concussion; neurometabolic cascade; subconcussive

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; HUMANS;

EID: 84862866009     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3182524273     Document Type: Article

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