Vestibular/ocular motor symptoms in concussed adolescents are linked to retrosplenial activation.

ABSTRACT: Following concussion, adolescents often experience vestibular and ocular motor symptoms as well as working memory deficits that may affect their cognitive, academic and social well-being. Complex visual environments including school activities, playing sports, or socializing with friends may be overwhelming for concussed adolescents suffering from headache, dizziness, nausea and fogginess, thus imposing heightened requirements on working memory to adequately function in such environments. While understanding the relationship between working memory and vestibular/ocular motor symptoms is critically important, no previous study has examined how an increase in working memory task difficulty affects the relationship between severity of vestibular/ocular motor symptoms and brain and behavioural

SUBMITTER: Manelis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127539 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature