# Timing Of Exercise In Concussed Rat Athletes

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $483,216

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Repeat concussions are a growing concern for adolescents and young adult athletes. Experimentally
one of the problems is that no one has been addressing this in an “athlete” model. Growing evidence
shows that the brains of those that exercise regularly (athletes) are very different than those that are
sedentary. These differences will affect how the “athlete brain” responds to concussive injuries. In this
application we have developed a rathlete model to study the effects of concussive injuries and recovery
between the athlete brain and non-athlete brain in both male and female rats. This work will not only
provide important information regarding brain injury research, but emphasize the role of exercise in
adolescent health.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9872222
- **Project number:** 5R01NS110757-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Mayumi Lynn Prins
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $483,216
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-03-01 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9872222

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9872222, Timing Of Exercise In Concussed Rat Athletes (5R01NS110757-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9872222. Licensed CC0.

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