'These findings may represent something not seen before.'
Following the Cuba incident, workers were taken to The University of Pennsylvania's Center for Brain Injury and Repair. Here, they were evaluated and rehabilitated, with initial evaluations suggesting the symptoms they had presented with were consistent with persistent concussion syndrome. However, there was no evidence of head trauma to any of the patients.
"These findings may represent something not seen before," study co-author Douglas H. Smith said in a statement. The differences in tissue volume and connectivity were found to be in the part of the brain that is responsible for performing tasks like writing and walking."The cerebellar findings in this neuroimaging study are notable, given that a number of the patients evaluated exhibited abnormalities in balance and the coordinated movement of the eyes, both of which are associated with cerebellar dysfunction in the brain," study co-author Randel Swanson explained.
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