CFIN researcher Erhard Trillingsgaard Næss-Schmidt is defending his PhD thesis on Microstructural changes in the middle brain and post-concussion symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury.
11.11.2016 |
Dato | fre 18 nov |
Tid | 13:00 — 15:30 |
Sted | The Multicenter Hall at Regionshospitalet Hammel Neurocenter, Voldbyvej 15, 8450 Hammel, Aarhus University |
Erhard trillingsgaard Næss-Schmidt
Title: Microstructural changes in the middle brain and post-concussion symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury - a diffusion MRI study
About the thesis:
Approximately 25,000 people receive a concussion in Denmark each year. Of these people, up to 22% experience persistent symptoms due to the concussion. For this reason it is important to understand the processes that underlie these symptoms. The correlation between the degree of physical impact to the brain and symptoms experienced due to this impact is still unclear.
This recently completed PhD project, used a standardized way and a newly developed MRI scan method to investigate the middle part of the brain, and showed microstructural changes immediately after concussion. No obvious microstructural changes or strong associations between changes in the middle part of the brain with persistent symptoms were observed 2-5 months after the concussion. These results demonstrate the complexity of concussion which may require an expanded scope incorporating physical, psychological and social factors examined in connection with the persistent symptoms.
The project involves 72 subjects with concussion of which 27 were examined within 14 days and all subjects 2-5 months after the concussion. Twenty-seven healthy subjects without concussion were also assessed.
Assessment committee/ opponents:
Main supervisor
Additional supervisors
Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Hospital, Health, Aarhus, Danmark
The defense is public and takes place on November 18th at 13:00 in The Multicenter Hall at Regionshospitalet Hammel Neurocenter, Voldbyvej 15, 8450 Hammel, Aarhus University.
The defense will be in Danish.
ALL ARE WELCOME