Blogs | | One of the challenges in diagnosing and managing mild traumatic brain injury is that common structural imaging techniques, such as computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, typically don’t show any visible damage to the brain.
Even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. Using data from a Europe-wide study, the team has shown that for almost a half of all people who receive a knock to the head, there are changes in how regions of the brain commu