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Comprehensive Book

McCrea, M. "Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postconcussion Syndrome" New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Research Articles

What is the course of recovery from my concussion?

Nelson, Lindsay D., Julie K. Janecek, and Michael A. McCrea. "Acute clinical recovery from sport-related concussion." Neuropsychology review 23.4 (2013): 285-299.

McCrea, Michael, et al. "Incidence, clinical course, and predictors of prolonged recovery time following sport-related concussion in high school and college athletes." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 19.1 (2012): 22.

Where can I get more information about concussions?

McCrea H, Perrine K, Niogi S, Härtl R. ""Concussion in sports." Sports Health 2013;5:160-164.

McCrory, Paul, et al. "Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Zurich, November 2012." Journal of athletic training 48.4 (2013): 554-575.

Will there be permanent brain damage?

Carroll, Linda, et al. "Prognosis for mild traumatic brain injury: results of the WHO Collaborating Centre Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury." Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 36.0 (2004): 84-105.

Ryan, Laurie M., and Deborah L. Warden. "Post concussion syndrome." International Review of Psychiatry 15.4 (2003): 310-316.

What is Second Impact Syndrome?

McCrory, Paul. “Second impact syndrome or cerebral swelling after sporting injury.” Curr Sports Med Rep(2012): 11(1):21-23

McCrory, Paul. "Does second impact syndrome exist?." Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 11.3 (2001): 144-149. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11495318

McCrory, Paul R., and Samuel F. Berkovic. "Second impact syndrome." Neurology 50.3 (1998): 677-683.

What is CTE?

Stein, Thor D., Victor E. Alvarez, and Ann C. McKee. "Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a spectrum of neuropathological changes following repetitive brain trauma in athletes and military personnel." Alzheimer's research and therapy 6.1 (2014): 4-4.

Mez, Jesse, Robert A. Stern, and Ann C. McKee. "Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: where are we and where are we going?." Current neurology and neuroscience reports 13.12 (2013): 1-12.

Am I at risk for another concussion?

Zemper, Eric D. "Two-year prospective study of relative risk of a second cerebral concussion." American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 82.9 (2003): 653-659.

Guskiewicz, Kevin M., et al. "Epidemiology of concussion in collegiate and high school football players." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 28.5 (2000): 643-650

Will a concussion increase my risk of Alzheimer’s?

McCrory, Paul. "Sports concussion and the risk of chronic neurological impairment." Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 21.1 (2011): 6-12.

Erlanger, David M., et al. "FORUM Neuropsychology of Sports-Related Head Injury: Dementia Pugilistica to Post Concussion Syndrome." The Clinical Neuropsychologist 13.2 (1999): 193-209.

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