<I>JAMA</I> Study Reveals Unreported Brain Injury in Pro Football Players (IMAGE)

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

<I>JAMA</I> Study Reveals Unreported Brain Injury in Pro Football Players

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The images from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev JAMA Neurology study represent Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Permeability in Football Players vs. a control group. The players in the pathological-BBB group presented focal BBB lesions in different cortical regions including the temporal (player 4), frontal (player 5), and parietal (player 6) lobes. Both gray and white matter were involved.

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