Preliminary Evidence of Sex Differences in Cortical Thickness Following Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

• Published in: Frontiers in neurology Vol. 9; p. 878
• Main Authors: Shao, Meihua, Cao, Jieli, Bai, Lijun, Huang, Wenming, Wang, Shan, Sun, Chuanzhu, Gan, Shuoqiu, Ye, Limei, Yin, Bo, Zhang, Danbin, Gu, Chenghui, Hu, Liuxun, Bai, Guanghui, Yan, Zhihan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 17.10.2018
• Subjects: clinical outcomes; cortical thickness; gender difference; interaction effect; mild traumatic brain injury; Neurology; clinical outcomes; gender difference; interaction effect; mild traumatic brain injury; cortical thickness

The main objective of this study was to evaluate sex differences in cortical thickness after acute mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and its associations with clinical outcomes. Thirty-two patients with mTBI at acute phase (2.4 ± 1.3 days post-injury) and 30 healthy controls were enrolled. All the...