Dal study of football players sheds light on how concussions affect the brain

Neuroscience researchers at Dalhousie University are investigating how head impacts lead to injuries in football players.One of their preliminary findings is that it isn’t the intensity of a single hit that can lead to concussions or trauma-like symptoms, it’s the accumulation of small hits suffered during practice or games, said Alon Friedman, a co-author on their recently published study.”It’s not necessary that we have to treat a concussion itself,” he said. “The concussion is an outcome of m