Depression can make it tougher for athletes to recover from a concussion, and vice versa, a new study finds. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News
Depression can make it tougher for athletes to recover from a concussion, and vice versa, a new study finds. Student athletes who have both concussion and depression have significantly worse symptoms for both conditions, researchers reported recently in the journal Brain Research. Advertisement
What’s more, electrical signals in the brain are more disrupted among people with both concussion and depression than among those with only one of these conditions, the researchers noted.
Study links depression, outcome of sports concussion
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