Neurometabolic and microstructural alterations following a sports-related concussion in female athletes

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1038-1046

  Chamard, Emilie ^a   Lassonde, Maryse ^a   Henry, Luke ^b   Tremblay, Julie ^c   Boulanger, Yvan ^d   De Beaumont, Louis ^e   Théoret, Hugo ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPORT INJURY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 84880212966     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.794968     Document Type: Article

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