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Research by scientists at Purdue goes a long way to eliminating any remaining doubt that repetitive head impacts, such as sustained by players in American football, result in brain abnormalities and impaired neurocognitive functioning during a football season, and that those effects persist long after the season.

Controlled aerobic exercise rehabilitation may help restore normal cerebral blood flow regulation in patients with post-concussion syndrome patients, relieving the symptoms they experience during exercise and prolonged cognitive working memory tasks such as fatigue and difficulty concentrating, finds a new study.