Nathan J. Fanter, D.O.

Concussion impacts the brain for many months after initial injury...

The data from a recent study showed that young athletes with concussion may still exhibit changes in white matter of their brains 6 months after injury.  The researchers conducted imaging on 17 high school and college football players with concussion, and compared the scans with those from 18 matched controls who did not have a concussion. At 6-month follow-up, they found no difference between groups in self-reported concussion symptoms, cognition, or balance. However, they noted widespread decreased mean diffusivity in the concussion cohort compared with controls, which was similar to acute findings at 24 hours and 8 days.