PMID- 26413910 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180110 LR - 20180628 IS - 1557-9042 (Electronic) IS - 0897-7151 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 9 DP - 2016 May 1 TI - Neuroimaging Biomarkers of a History of Concussion Observed in Asymptomatic Young Athletes. PG - 803-10 LID - 10.1089/neu.2014.3721 [doi] AB - Participation in contact sports places athletes at elevated risk for repeated head injuries and is associated with negative mental health outcomes later in life. The current study identified changes observable on neuroimaging that persisted beyond the apparent resolution of acute symptoms of concussion. Sixteen young adult ice hockey players with a remote history of concussion but no subjective complaints were compared against 13 of their teammates with no history of concussion. Participants completed a detailed phenotypic assessment and a neuroimaging battery including diffusion kurtosis imaging and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Athletes with a history of concussion performed no differently from those without on phenotypic assessment, but showed significantly elevated fractional anisotropy (FA) in the left genu and anterior corona radiata relative to those without. Post hoc analyses revealed that elevated FA was associated with increased microstructural complexity perpendicular to the primary axon (radial kurtosis). Athletes with concussion history also showed significant differences in the organization of the default mode network (DMN) characterized by stronger temporal coherence in posterior DMN, decreased temporal coherence in anterior DMN, and increased functional connectivity outside the DMN. In the absence of deficits on detailed phenotypic assessment, athletes with a history of concussion displayed changes to the microstructural architecture of the cerebral white matter and to the functional connectivity of the brain at rest. Some of these changes are consistent with those previously associated with persisting deficits and complaints, but we also report novel, complementary changes that possibly represent compensatory mechanisms. FAU - Orr, Catherine A AU - Orr CA AD - 1 Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Albaugh, Matthew D AU - Albaugh MD AD - 1 Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Watts, Richard AU - Watts R AD - 2 Department of Radiology, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. AD - 6 MRI Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Garavan, Hugh AU - Garavan H AD - 3 Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. AD - 4 Department of Psychology, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Andrews, Trevor AU - Andrews T AD - 2 Department of Radiology, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. AD - 5 Philips Healthcare , Cleveland, Ohio. AD - 6 MRI Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Nickerson, Joshua P AU - Nickerson JP AD - 2 Department of Radiology, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. AD - 6 MRI Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Gonyea, Jay AU - Gonyea J AD - 6 MRI Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Hipko, Scott AU - Hipko S AD - 6 MRI Center for Biomedical Imaging, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Zweber, Cole AU - Zweber C AD - 1 Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Logan, Katherine AU - Logan K AD - 1 Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. FAU - Hudziak, James J AU - Hudziak JJ AD - 1 Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont. AD - 7 Erasmus University, Sophia Children's Hospital , Rotterdam, The Netherlands . AD - 8 Department of Child Psychiatry, Washington University , St. Louis, Missouri. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151023 PL - United States TA - J Neurotrauma JT - Journal of neurotrauma JID - 8811626 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Anisotropy MH - *Athletes MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Brain Concussion/*diagnostic imaging/*metabolism MH - Diffusion Tensor Imaging/*methods MH - Hockey/*injuries MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods MH - Male MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - cognitive function OT - head trauma, MRI OT - neuroplasticity EDAT- 2015/09/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/11 06:00 CRDT- 2015/09/29 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/11 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/neu.2014.3721 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurotrauma. 2016 May 1;33(9):803-10. doi: 10.1089/neu.2014.3721. Epub 2015 Oct 23.