Subcortical functional connectivity and its association with walking performance following deployment related mild TBI.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The relation between traumatic brain injury (TBI), its acute and chronic symptoms, and the potential for remote neurodegenerative disease is a priority for military research. Structural and functional connectivity (FC) of the basal ganglia, involved in motor tasks such as walking, are altered in some samples of Service Members and Veterans with TBI, but any behavioral implications are unclear and could further depend on the context in which the TBI occurred.

Methods

In this study, FC from caudate and pallidum seeds was measured in Service Members and Veterans with a history of mild TBI that occurred during combat deployment, Service Members and Veterans whose mild TBI occurred outside of deployment, and Service Members and Veterans who had no lifetime history of

SUBMITTER: Newsome MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10752967 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature