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Traumatic brain injury resulting from a car crash or banging of the head unfolds over months rather than in the minutes following the incident, say researchers.

Research by the University of Melbourne used MRI and PET scans to map the long-term brain structure of animals with acquired brain injury, said the study published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

The effects of the injury carried on for much longer than expected, which has revealed that there is a "time window" for intervention which could improve the long-term effects.

Viviane Bouilleret, one of the study's authors, said that the study shows important insight into the structure of the brain following injury.

"The approach would also be applicable to the study of other neurological diseases, such as stroke, dementia, multiple sclerosis brain infections and epilepsy, which are associated with long-term progressive degenerative changes in the brain," she said.

This comes following recommendations by the American Academy of Neurology that sports concussion should be taken more seriously, following a spate of dangerous brain injuries during American Football games.

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