Motor system alterations in retired former athletes: The role of aging and concussion history

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  De Beaumont, Louis ^a,c,d   Tremblay, Sébastien ^a,d   Henry, Luke C ^a   Poirier, Judes ^c   Lassonde, Maryse ^a,b   Théoret, Hugo ^a,b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concussion; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Retired athletes

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION TIME; SPORT INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROTONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883102819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-109     Document Type: Article

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