About The Study: In this study of 205 adolescent football players and 70 noncontact control athletes, there was evidence of discernible structural and physiological differences in the brains of adolescent football players compared with their noncontact controls. Many of the affected brain regions were associated with mental health well-being.
Authors: Keisuke Kawata, Ph.D., of Indiana University in Bloomington, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.54235)
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