New Study Shows What Happens Inside Concussed Brain

Scientists LookA Concussion
FILE - This is an Oct. 26, 2008, file photo showing Philadelphia Eagles tight end L.J. Smith holding his head after a hard hit by Atlanta Falcons' Lawyer Milloy during the fourth quarter of a football game in Philadelphia. Smith suffered a concussion and Milloy was flagged for an unnecessary roughness penalty on the play. In dozens of interviews across the NFL this week, The Associated Press found players voicing nearly unanimous support for changes in league policies on concussions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
FILE - This is an Oct. 26, 2008, file photo showing Philadelphia Eagles tight end L.J. Smith holding his head after a hard hit by Atlanta Falcons' Lawyer Milloy during the fourth quarter of a football game in Philadelphia. Smith suffered a concussion and Milloy was flagged for an unnecessary roughness penalty on the play. In dozens of interviews across the NFL this week, The Associated Press found players voicing nearly unanimous support for changes in league policies on concussions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Using a novel technique to peer through the skulls of living mice, researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland are observing concussed brains in real time, transforming ideas of what happens at the molecular level and pointing the way to possible treatment for mild brain trauma.

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