Associations of lifetime concussion history and repetitive head impact exposure with resting-state functional connectivity in former collegiate American football players: An NCAA 15-year follow-up study

• Samuel R. Walton ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: samuel.walton@vcuhealth.org

  Affiliations Center for the Study of Retired Athletes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2647-5701

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• Jacob R. Powell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3899-9433

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• Benjamin L. Brett,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

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• Weiyan Yin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1235-4522

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• Zachary Yukio Kerr,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for the Study of Retired Athletes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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• Mingxia Liu,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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• Michael A. McCrea,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

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• Kevin M. Guskiewicz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for the Study of Retired Athletes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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• Kelly S. Giovanello

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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