Originally posted by Amber Moore on Medical Daily, June 8, 2012<\/p>\n
Concussions are known to cause several psychological problems. But now researchers were able to demonstrate that concussions do not cause the same kind of problems for everyone. This new technique, researchers say, can help predict what long-term effects will a concussion cause in a person and also help in making a better treatment strategy.<\/p>\n
The brain changes over time to compensate for the regions that were affected by the injuries.<\/p>\n
“In fact, most researchers have assumed that all people with concussions have abnormalities in the same brain regions. But that doesn’t make sense, since it is more likely that different areas would be affected in each person because of differences in anatomy, vulnerability to injury and mechanism of injury,” said Dr. Michael Lipton, associate professor of radiology, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.<\/p>\n
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