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Are there any differential responses to concussive injury in civilian versus athletic populations: a neuroimaging study

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Accurate identification and classification of patients suffering from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a significant challenge faced by clinicians and researchers. To examine if there are different pathophysiological responses to concussive injury in different populations, evaluated here comparing collegiate athletes versus age-matched non-athletes. Resting-state fMRI data were acquired in the acute phase of concussion from 30 collegiate athletes and from 30 injury and age matched non-athletes. Resting-state functional connectivity measures revealed group differences with reduced connectivity in the anterior cingulate cortex (p < .05) and posterior cingulate cortex (p < 0.05) hubs of the Default Mode Network in the athletes. Given the known positive effects of exercise on brain functional reserves and neural efficiency concept, we expected less pronounced effect of concussion in athletic population. In contrast, there were significant decreases in functional connectivity in athletes that could be a result of previous repetitive subconcussive impacts and history of concussion.

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    The original version of this article contained mistakes in the article title, and the authors would like to correct them. The article title should be “Are there any differential responses to concussive injury in civilian versus athletic populations: a neuroimaging study”.

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  1. Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, 276, Recreation Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Brian Johnson & Semyon Slobounov

  2. The Mind Research Network and Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Andrew Dodd & Andrew R. Mayer

  3. Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Andrew R. Mayer

  4. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Mark Hallett

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA

    Semyon Slobounov

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Johnson, B., Dodd, A., Mayer, A.R. et al. Are there any differential responses to concussive injury in civilian versus athletic populations: a neuroimaging study. Brain Imaging and Behavior 14, 110–117 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-018-9982-1

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