Sex differences in traumatic brain injury: what we know and what we should know

RP Gupte, WM Brooks, RR Vukas, JD Pierce… - Journal of …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
There is growing recognition of the problem of male bias in neuroscience research,
including in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI) where fewer women than men are …

A systematic review of sex differences in concussion outcome: what do we know?

VC Merritt, CR Padgett, AJ Jak - The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The purpose of this review was to examine sex differences in concussion, or mild
traumatic brain injury (mTBI) outcome, updating previous critical reviews of the literature …

Sex‐related differences in the effects of sports‐related concussion: a review

IK Koerte, V Schultz, VJ Sydnor… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sports‐related concussion is a serious health challenge, and females are at higher risk of
sustaining a sports‐related concussion compared to males. Although there are many studies …

Cerebroprotective Role of N6-Methyladenosine Demethylase FTO (Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Protein) After Experimental Stroke

AK Chokkalla, S Jeong, SL Mehta, CK Davis… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: FTO (fat mass and obesity-associated protein) demethylates N 6-
methyladenosine (m6A), which is a critical epitranscriptomic regulator of neuronal function …

Sex differences in sport-related concussion long-term outcomes

T Covassin, JL Savage, AC Bretzin, ME Fox - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Approximately 1.6 to 3.8 million recreational and sports-related concussions (SRC)
occur each year in the Unites States. Research suggest that female athletes are at a greater …

Regulation of astroglia by gonadal steroid hormones under physiological and pathological conditions

E Acaz-Fonseca, M Avila-Rodriguez… - Progress in …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last years there has been a considerable advance in the knowledge on the regulation
of astrocytes by sex steroids under physiological and pathological conditions. By the …

Sex differences in white matter alterations following repetitive subconcussive head impacts in collegiate ice hockey players

N Sollmann, PS Echlin, V Schultz, PV Viher, AE Lyall… - Neuroimage …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Repetitive subconcussive head impacts (RSHI) may lead to structural, functional,
and metabolic alterations of the brain. While differences between males and females have …

Longitudinal white matter microstructural changes in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury: an A‐CAP study

AL Ware, KO Yeates, K Tang, A Shukla… - Human Brain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the largest sample studied to date, white matter microstructural trajectories and their
relation to persistent symptoms were examined after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury …

MRI-defined white matter microstructural alteration associated with soccer heading is more extensive in women than men

TG Rubin, E Catenaccio, R Fleysher, LE Hunter… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To examine the role of sex in abnormal white matter microstructure after soccer
heading as identified by using the diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) metric fractional anisotropy …

Analysis of head impact exposure and brain microstructure response in a season-long application of a jugular vein compression collar: a prospective, neuroimaging …

GD Myer, W Yuan, KDB Foss, S Thomas… - British journal of sports …, 2016 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background Historical approaches to protect the brain from outside the skull (eg, helmets
and mouthpieces) have been ineffective in reducing internal injury to the brain that arises …