Brain Still Injured from Concussion After Symptoms Fade

Four months later, when symptoms have mostly dissipated, special brain scans show evidence of brain abnormalities after a mild concussion, according to new research published in Neurology. “These results suggest that there are potentially two different modes of recovery for concussion, with the memory, thinking and behavioral symptoms improving more quickly than the physiological injuries in the brain,” revealed the study’s author, Andrew R. Mayer, PhD, who likened healing from concussion to recovering from other physical ailments like burns, in which symptoms fade before the body is fully healed. Importantly, standard brain scans such as CT or MRI would not pick up on these subtle changes in the brain, he noted. Click here to read the full article.