Mari Miyata, Keisuke Takahata, Yasunori Sano, Yasuharu Yamamoto, Shin Kurose, Manabu Kubota, Hironobu Endo, Kiwamu Matsuoka, Kenji Tagai, Masaki Oya, Kosei Hirata, Fumie Saito, Masaru Mimura, Koji Kamagata, Shigeki Aoki, Makoto Higuchi
Cognitive dysfunction, especially memory impairment, is a typical clinical feature of long-term symptoms caused by repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI). The current study aims to investigate the relationship between regional brain atrophy and cognitive impairments in retired athletes with a long history of rmTBI. Overall, 27 retired athletes with a history of rmTBI (18 boxers, 3 kickboxers, 2 wrestlers, and 4 others; rmTBI group) and 23 age/sex-matched healthy participants (control group) were enrolled...
March 26, 2024: Scientific Reports