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Repeated Head Impacts Linked to Depression, Impaired Cognition Later in Life
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depression years or decades later.Scientists have long believed that a single traumatic brain injury (TBI) earlier in life may contribute to problems with memory, thinking, and depression later in life.
Most previous studies, however, failed to examine the role of repetitive head impacts, including those leading to “subconcussive” injuries, in these problems later in life, according to researchers.That led scientists from the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Centers, the University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco VA Healthcare System to team up to analyze the records of 13,323 individuals age 40 and older who participate in the internet-based Brain Health Registry.Of those, 725 or 5.
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