Repeated head impacts associated with later-life depression symptoms, worse cognitive function

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/buso-rhi062520.php


News Release 26-Jun-2020
Boston University School of Medicine


Scientists have long believed that a single traumatic brain injury (TBI) earlier in life may contribute to problems with memory, thinking and depression later in life. In most previous studies, however, research failed to examine the possible role of having a history of exposure to repetitive head impacts, including those leading to "subconcussive" injuries, in these later-life problems. In the largest study of its kind, an association has been found in living patients exposed to repetitive head impacts and difficulties with cognitive functioning and depression years or decades later.

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