Alterations in default-mode network connectivity may be influenced by cerebrovascular changes within 1 week of sports related concussion in college varsity athletes: a pilot study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 559-568

  Militana, Adam R ^a   Donahue, Manus J ^a   Sills, Allen K ^a   Solomon, Gary S ^a   Gregory, Andrew J ^a   Strother, Megan K ^a   Morgan, Victoria L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebrovascular reactivity; Concussion; Functional connectivity; Functional MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCUSSION; CONNECTOME; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEADACHE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PILOT STUDY; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN LABELING; SPORT INJURY; THALAMUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPORT; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929438694     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-015-9407-3     Document Type: Article

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