Monday 5 September 2022 05:01 PM Repeatedly suffering concussions can make a person's skull thicker and denser trends now
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Repeated head trauma will make the skull both thicker and denser, a new study finds - though researchers are unsure if a more armored skull is actually providing any additional protection.
Researchers from Monash University, in Clayton, Australia, found that rats who had small weights dropped on their heads in an effort to stimulate concussive symptoms were found to have more reinforced skulls after their recovery.
They speculate that this is the body working to reinforce its defenses of the brain - an animal's most important organ. The research team could not determine whether the extra thickness was actually making future brain trauma less likely.
Concussions and brain trauma are well studied topics, but little research has been done into the body's natural reaction to it - and potential built in protections we may already have against injury.
Researchers dropped small weights onto the heads of rats, and found that there was
