Repetitive impacts key to understanding sports-associated concussions

Scientists have made a significant advance in our understanding of mild head trauma (concussive brain injury) and how it may be managed and treated in the future. It seems that repetitive impacts — as opposed to single events — cause the all-important damage to blood vessels in the brain. These repetitive impacts can be visualized via an MRI signal.

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