Sbarro Health Research Organization

Invisible cracks in the blood–brain barrier: subconcussive impacts in contact sports can create lasting damage that may raise the risk of neurodegenerative disease.

Monitoring barrier integrity with blood biomarkers and targeted MRI could become essential to protect athletes’ long‑term brain health.

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Invisible cracks: how sports impacts wear down the brain's barrier - Sbarro Health Research Organization Invisible cracks: how sports impacts wear down the brain's barrier