Brain blood flow function: A possible concussion biomarker? (IMAGE)

Southern Methodist University

Brain blood flow function: A possible concussion biomarker?

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Physiologist Dr. Sushmita Purkayashta, a professor at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, explains her new study in which she and a team at Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair at U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, probe for a biomarker that will provide an objective method for diagnosing concussion. Purkayashta demonstrates the test on a volunteer.

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