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Fractal Analysis of Brain Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) Signals from Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
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“(1) Overall grey matter fractal dimension (FD) of rs-BOLD signal was significantly lower in mTBI compared to controls.”
From A systematic review of brain structural and functional alterations in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (2026) · cites this paper as Dona et al. (2017)
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“(3) FD reduction in these regions aligns with previously reported dysfunction in mTBI and common neuropsychological symptoms.”
From A systematic review of brain structural and functional alterations in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (2026) · cites this paper as Dona et al. (2017)
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“(4) Whole-brain grey matter mean Z-score showed a moderate positive correlation with total PCSS symptom score, though regional correlations were mostly low to moderate and non-significant.”
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“(2) Voxel-wise Z-score analysis identified specific brain regions with significantly reduced FD in individual mTBI patients, most frequently in the right amygdala, cerebellar vermis (culmen & uvula), right caudate head, left hippocampus, and right hypothalamus.”
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“(5) Fractal analysis of rs-BOLD signal complexity shows potential as a patient-specific, non-invasive biomarker for detecting subtle functional disturbances in mTBI not visible on conventional anatomical scans.”
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Xu, H., Wu, S., Zhan, H., Xu, G., Zhao, J., & Yin, B. (2026) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2026.1879109
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- Authors
- Dona, O., Noseworthy, M. D., DeMatteo, C., & Connolly, J. F.
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2017-01-10
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- e0169647
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 3
- Language
- en
- Funders
- Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health
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