{"id":92449,"date":"2019-10-01T21:02:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T21:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/01\/new-research-may-shed-light-on-combat-concussion-dementia-link\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:57:45","slug":"new-research-may-shed-light-on-combat-concussion-dementia-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/10\/01\/new-research-may-shed-light-on-combat-concussion-dementia-link\/","title":{"rendered":"New research may shed light on combat concussion-dementia link"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Virginia university has launched a massive research study to better understand the relationship between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/01\/shoulder-fired-weapons-can-cause-traumatic-brain-injuries-study-finds\/\" target=_blank>concussions and future neurological conditions<\/a> such as dementia and Parkinson\u2019s disease in military personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have awarded Virginia Commonwealth University $50 million to explore the long-term impacts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/02\/22\/this-new-blood-test-can-detect-traumatic-brain-injury-in-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\">combat concussion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new money will be used to explore the health and military records of more than 2 million veterans and add 3,000 more former service members who s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/2016\/06\/24\/breakthrough-in-blast-related-brain-injures-reveals-microscopic-scarring\/\" target=_blank>uffered multiple concussions <\/a>in combat to a program that is monitoring them for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a clear understanding that concussions are an epidemic in sports, the military &#8230; Related to that, dementia is as well. There is a very strong belief in 2019 that there is cause and effect, but we are not sure what is in the middle there. We are studying the middle,\u201d said Dr. David Cifu, chairman of VCU\u2019s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a senior TBI specialist at VA, in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal grant follows a $62 million award to the school in 2012 to lead a consortium of 30 universities and 27 military and veterans medical facilities to study the chronic effects of brain injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 384,000 U.S. service members experienced a traumatic brain injury between 2000 and June 2018, 83 percent of which were classified as \u201cmild,\u201d another descriptor for a concussion. 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BRAIN, or the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, initiative, has funded research on imaging, brain modulation, neural circuits and the ethics of brain research and manipulation, according to the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the studies most relevant to service members and veterans published this year was research conducted by VA and civilian researchers at University of California-San Diego and Harvard University that found patients who experienced a concussion had a higher risk of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression after the injury, compared with patients who experienced a traumatic injury but whose head wasn\u2019t involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research also has shown that concussion may increase risk of Parkinson\u2019s, dementia, Alzheimer\u2019s and other conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Army Staff Sgt. 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