Currently, there are few reliable tools for diagnosing mild traumatic brain injuries or predicting their likely course, which can include poor neuropsychiatric outcomes. But results published in JAMA Network Open show that an advanced form of magnetic resonance imaging picked up changes in the brain’s white matter microstructure among military service members with mild traumatic brain injuries. The researchers examined 65 male participants who had experienced a head injury more than 2 years ago and 33 service members who hadn’t.
