Quantifying Cortical Resilience Using CCaRT

Although brain resilience has long been thought to be important, only recently have methods been developed to measure it directly. In the proposed research, we will use one such method–known as the cortical challenge and recovery test (CCaRT)–to see if we can identify signs of concussion at the level of brain resilience. We will have 24 people with and without concussion history undergo the CCaRT testing method, and measure resilience metrics that it generates. Among those with concussion, we will select 12 with a minimal concussion history as well as 12 with a more extensive concussion history. We believe that those with a concussion history will show lower levels of brain resilience than those who have no concussion, or only a minimal concussion history. This substudy will be part of a larger study using the same paradigm to compare CCaRT performance between controls and two other important brain conditions, PTSD and long-COVID.

Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Hall

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Partner:

Bogomolets National Medical University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

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Education

University:

University of Waterloo

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