Women may be more vulnerable to concussions because of 'leaner' nerve fibers, Penn study

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Women have smaller, more breakable nerve fibers in the brain compared to men that may make them more susceptible to concussions, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine neuroscientists published online today in the journal Experimental Neurology.

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