Brain Concussion

"Brain Concussion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A nonspecific term used to describe transient alterations or loss of consciousness following closed head injuries. The duration of UNCONSCIOUSNESS generally lasts a few seconds, but may persist for several hours. Concussions may be classified as mild, intermediate, and severe. Prolonged periods of unconsciousness (often defined as greater than 6 hours in duration) may be referred to as post-traumatic coma (COMA, POST-HEAD INJURY). (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p418)

Descriptor ID	D001924
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.199.444.250 C10.900.300.087.235.250 C10.900.300.350.300 C26.915.300.200.194.250 C26.915.300.450.500 C26.974.382.200
Concept/Terms	Brain Concussion Brain Concussion Brain Concussions Concussion, Brain Commotio Cerebri Cerebral Concussion Cerebral Concussions Concussion, Cerebral Concussion, Intermediate Concussion, Intermediate Intermediate Concussion Intermediate Concussions Concussion, Severe Concussion, Severe Severe Concussion Severe Concussions Concussion, Mild Concussion, Mild Mild Concussion Mild Concussions Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Brain Concussion".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Brain Injuries [C10.228.140.199]
Brain Injuries, Traumatic [C10.228.140.199.444]
Brain Concussion [C10.228.140.199.444.250]
Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C10.900.300]
Brain Injuries [C10.900.300.087]
Brain Injuries, Traumatic [C10.900.300.087.235]
Brain Concussion [C10.900.300.087.235.250]
Head Injuries, Closed [C10.900.300.350]
Brain Concussion [C10.900.300.350.300]
Wounds and Injuries [C26]
Trauma, Nervous System [C26.915]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.915.300]
Brain Injuries [C26.915.300.200]
Brain Injuries, Traumatic [C26.915.300.200.194]
Brain Concussion [C26.915.300.200.194.250]
Head Injuries, Closed [C26.915.300.450]
Brain Concussion [C26.915.300.450.500]
Wounds, Nonpenetrating [C26.974]
Head Injuries, Closed [C26.974.382]
Brain Concussion [C26.974.382.200]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Brain Concussion" by people in this website by year, and whether "Brain Concussion" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 138 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1998	0	1	1
2003	1	1	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	3	0	3
2012	4	0	4
2013	1	1	2
2014	5	0	5
2015	5	0	5
2016	8	3	11
2017	7	2	9
2018	9	0	9
2019	11	1	12
2020	15	0	15
2021	14	0	14
2022	12	0	12
2023	9	0	9
2024	14	4	18
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Concussion" by people in Profiles.

Navratilova E, Kopruszinski CM, Oyarzo J, Barber KR, Anderson T, Dodick DW, Schwedt TJ, Porreca F. Sex differences in effectiveness of CGRP receptor antagonism for treatment of acute and persistent headache-like pain in a mouse model of mild traumatic brain injury. Cephalalgia. 2025 02; 45(2):3331024251321087.

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Hunzinger KJ, Costantini KM, Swanik CB, Buckley TA. Diagnosed concussion is associated with increased risk for upper extremity injury in community rugby players in males only. Phys Sportsmed. 2025 Jun; 53(3):243-248.

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Hunzinger KJ, Cameron KL, Roach MH, Jackson JC, McGinty GT, Robb JB, Susmarski AJ, Estevez CA, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, Pasquina PF, Buckley TA. Baseline concussion assessment performance by sex in military service academy rugby players: findings from the CARE Consortium. BMJ Mil Health. 2024 Dec 11; 170(e2):e161-e166.

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Sheehy OM, Hunzinger KJ, Baugh CM, Stamm JM. Understanding of head injury assessment and return to play processes and associated factors in United States Major League Rugby players. Brain Inj. 2025 Jan 28; 39(2):99-107.

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Bryk KN, Passalugo S, Shan Chou L, Reisman DS, Hafer JF, Semrau JA, Buckley TA. Increased Auditory Dual Task Cost During Gait Initiation in Adult Patients With Persistent Concussion Symptoms. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 12; 105(12):2262-2268.

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Kroshus-Havril E, Leeds DD, McAllister TW, Kerr ZY, Knight K, Register-Mihalik JK, Lynall RC, D'Lauro C, Ho Y, Rahman M, Broglio SP, McCrea MA, Schmidt JD, Port N, Campbell D, Putukian M, Chrisman SPD, Cameron KL, Susmarski AJ, Goldman JT, Benjamin H, Buckley T, Kaminski T, Clugston JR, Feigenbaum L, Eckner JT, Mihalik JP, Kontos A, McDevitt J, Brooks MA, Rowson S, Miles C, Lintner L, Kelly L, Master C. Optimizing Concussion Care Seeking: Using Machine Learning to Predict Delayed Concussion Reporting. Am J Sports Med. 2024 Jul; 52(9):2372-2383.

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Al-Khazali HM, Christensen RH, Dodick DW, Chaudhry BA, Melchior AG, Burstein R, Ashina H. Hypersensitivity to BKCa channel opening in persistent post-traumatic headache. J Headache Pain. 2024 Jun 18; 25(1):102.

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Simons MU, McCrea MA, Broglio S, McAllister TW, Nelson LD, Benjamin H, Brooks A, Buckley T, Cameron K, Clugston J, DiFiori J, D'Lauro C, Eckner J, Alejandro Feigenbaum L, Giza C, Hazzard J, Kaminski T, Kelly L, Kontos A, Master C, Mihalik J, Miles C, Port N, Putukian M, Susmarski A. Latent Profiles of Acute Symptoms, Cognitive Performance, and Balance in Sport-Related Concussions. Am J Sports Med. 2024 Jul; 52(8):2110-2118.

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Sawlani SP, Goldman JT, Babikian T, McArthur DL, Polster D, McCrea M, McAllister T, Giza CC, Ortega JD, Port N, Putukian M, McDevitt J, Giza CC, Goldman JT, Benjamin HJ, Buckley T, Kaminski TW, Clugston JR, Feigenbaum LA, Eckner JT, Mihalik JP, Anderson S, Master CL, Kontos AP, Chrisman SPO, Cameron K, Duma S, Miles CM. Association of Premorbid Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Concussion Recovery in Collegiate Student-Athletes. Sports Health. 2025 May-Jun; 17(3):498-511.

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Braun M, Sevao M, Keil SA, Gino E, Wang MX, Lee J, Haveliwala MA, Klein E, Agarwal S, Pedersen T, Rhodes CH, Jansson D, Cook D, Peskind E, Perl DP, Piantino J, Schindler AG, Iliff JJ. Macroscopic changes in aquaporin-4 underlie blast traumatic brain injury-related impairment in glymphatic function. Brain. 2024 Jun 03; 147(6):2214-2229.

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