The Drake Rugby Biomarker Study involved researchers at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology - ’Rugby, sport, team, game, field’, credit CaseOriginals on Pixabay , CC BY 2.0
The Drake Rugby Biomarker Study involved researchers at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology - 'Rugby, sport, team, game, field', credit CaseOriginals on Pixabay , CC BY 2. Participation in elite adult rugby may be associated with changes in the brain's structure, finds new research co-led by UCL scientists. This is the finding of a study of 44 elite rugby players, almost half of whom had recently sustained a mild head injury while playing. The research, called The Drake Rugby Biomarker Study, was co-led with Imperial College London and is published in the journal Brain Communications . Using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) researchers found a significant proportion of the rugby players had signs of abnormalities to the white matter, in addition to abnormal changes in white matter volume over time. White matter is the 'wiring' of the brain, and helps brain cells communicate with each other. The research team say more work is now needed to investigate the long-term effects of professional rugby on brain health.
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