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. 2016 Aug 16;1(4):CNC19. doi: 10.2217/cnc-2016-0003

Table 1. . Summary of imaging findings after one season of subconcussive impacts in contact sports.

Modality Metric Type of change Literature Ref.
fMRI BOLD Altered network Abbas et al. (DMN); Talavage et al. (working memory) [46,47]
  ASL Expected decreases or increases None known yet for subconcussive; Maugan et al. (decrease TBI); Militana et al. (increase TBI) [51]

MEG Delta waves Increases None known yet for subconcussive; Huang et al. (concussive) [55]

DTI FA Increases and/or decreases Bazarian et al.; Davenport et al. [5,21]
  MD Increases and/or decreases Bazarian et al. [21]

DKI MK and others Increases and/or decreases Davenport et al. [73]

ASL: Arterial spin labeling; BOLD: Blood oxygen level dependent; DKI: Diffusion kurtosis imaging; DMN: Default mode network; DTI: Diffusion tensor imaging; FA: Fractional anisotropy; fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging; MEG: Magnetoencephalography ; MK: Mean kurtosis; TBI: Traumatic brain injury.