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Peter D. Leo
Researcher at Medical College of Wisconsin
Publications - 4
Citations - 1262
Peter D. Leo is an academic researcher from Medical College of Wisconsin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Concussion & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 1177 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter D. Leo include Memorial Hospital of South Bend.
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Unreported concussion in high school football players: implications for prevention.
TL;DR: These findings reflect a higher prevalence of concussion in high school football players than previously reported in the literature and future prevention initiatives should focus on education to improve athlete awareness of the signs of concussion and potential risks of unreported injury.
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Acute and subacute changes in neural activation during the recovery from sport-related concussion.
Thomas A. Hammeke,Michael McCrea,Sarah M. Coats,Matthew D. Verber,Sally Durgerian,Kristin Flora,Gary Olsen,Peter D. Leo,Thomas A. Gennarelli,Stephen M. Rao +9 more
TL;DR: Results from this exploratory study suggest that decreased activation of right hemisphere attentional networks mediate the cognitive changes and postconcussive symptoms observed during the acute period following concussion and improvement in cognitive functioning and post Concussions may be mediated by compensatory increases in activation of this same attentional network.
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The role of pre-treatment white matter abnormalities in developing white matter changes following whole brain radiation: a volumetric study.
David S. Sabsevitz,Joseph Bovi,Peter D. Leo,Peter S. LaViolette,Scott D. Rand,Wade M. Mueller,Christopher J. Schultz +6 more
TL;DR: Pre-treatment white matter health is identified as an important risk factor in developing white matter change (WMC) following WBRT and can be used to make more informed decisions and counsel patients on their risk for treatment effects.