Brain Metabolite Levels in Sedentary Women and Non-contact Athletes Differ From Contact Athletes.

Authors

Amy L Schranz
Gregory A Dekaban
Lisa Fischer
Kevin Blackney
Christy Barreira
Timothy J Doherty
Douglas Fraser MD, PhD, FRCPC, dfraser5@uwo.caFollow
Arthur Brown
Jeff Holmes
Ravi S Menon
Robert Bartha

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Journal

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volume

14

First Page

593498

Last Page

593498

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.593498

Abstract

White matter tracts are known to be susceptible to injury following concussion. The objective of this study was to determine whether contact play in sport could alter white matter metabolite levels in female varsity athletes independent of changes induced by long-term exercise. Metabolite levels were measured by single voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the prefrontal white matter at the beginning (In-Season) and end (Off-Season) of season in contact (

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