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A latest research has revealed that concussions do not have the same effect on everyone.

The consequence of a concussion (also known as mild traumatic brain injury, or mTBI) is known to cause several psychological problems in people. But a new finding by researchers can not only determine what long-term effect a concussion will have on a person, but will also be able to help doctors prepare for a better treatment strategy.

Scientists have found that people who get injured on the head have unique patterns of brain abnormalities in different brain regions that change over time.

How a patient responds to a concussion differs a lot depending on the nature and location of the injury, etc. While most of them recover with no lasting problems, around 30 percent are known to experience permanent impacts including a personality change, reports Health Day.

Previous studies could found differences between the brains of people who have suffered concussions and those who have not. However, those studies could not determine if concussion victims differed from one another.

"Most researchers have assumed that all people with concussions have abnormalities in the same brain regions," study lead author Dr. Michael Lipton, associate director of the Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, said in a college news release.

"But that doesn't make sense, since it is more likely that different areas would be affected in each person because of differences in anatomy, vulnerability to injury and mechanism of injury," said Lipton, who also is medical director of MRI services at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

According to Lipton, the new technique can analyze data from the brain image studies and could ultimately help assess concussion patients, predict long- lasting neurological consequences of head injuries, and determine effectiveness of treatments.

The findings are published in the online edition of Brain Imaging and Behavior.