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ArticleJournal of neurotrauma2018

Increased Myo-Inositol in Primary Motor Cortex of Contact Sports Athletes without a History of Concussion.

Geneviève Lefebvre, Emilie Chamard, Sébastien Proulx, Sara Tremblay, Mark Halko, Salil Soman, Elaine de Guise, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Hugo Théoret

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Article in Journal of neurotrauma, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Geneviève LefebvreDepartment of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Emilie ChamardDepartment of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Sébastien ProulxMcGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Sara TremblayDepartment of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Mark HalkoDivision of Cognitive Neurology and Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Salil SomanDepartment of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Elaine de GuiseDepartment of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Alvaro Pascual-LeoneDivision of Cognitive Neurology and Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hugo ThéoretDepartment of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Université de Montréal · CACentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine whether repetitive hits to the head at a subclinical level are associated with structural and functional brain abnormalities and whether these effects are influenced by high levels of fitness associated with intense physical activity. Seventy-two college students were recruited: 24 nonathletic, 24 athletes practicing a varsity contact sport, and 24 athletes practicing a varsity noncontact sport. They were recruited for a neuropsychological evaluation and a magnetic resonance imaging session that included magnetic resonance spectroscopy of primary motor cortex (M1) and prefrontal cortex and susceptibility-weighted imaging. There was no evidence for reduced cognitive performance or presence of micro bleeds in contact sports athletes. Abnormalities in contact sports athletes were found for myo-inositol concentration (mIns) in M1, where levels were significantly higher compared with noncontact sports athletes (

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brain imagingconcussionphysical activitysportssubconcussive

Identifiers

PMID29279021
PMCPMC5865614
OpenAlexW2777612800

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