Military‐related traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration

AC McKee, ME Robinson - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) includes concussion, subconcussion, and most exposures
to explosive blast from improvised explosive devices. mTBI is the most common traumatic …

The clinical spectrum of sport-related traumatic brain injury

BD Jordan - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2013 - nature.com
Acute and chronic sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a substantial public
health concern. Various types of acute TBI can occur in sport, but detection and …

Clinical presentation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

RA Stern, DH Daneshvar, CM Baugh, DR Seichepine… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: The goal of this study was to examine the clinical presentation of chronic
traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in neuropathologically confirmed cases. Methods: Thirty-six …

Age of first exposure to football and later-life cognitive impairment in former NFL players

JM Stamm, AP Bourlas, CM Baugh, NG Fritts… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine the relationship between exposure to repeated head impacts
through tackle football prior to age 12, during a key period of brain development, and later …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent, long-term cerebral white matter changes after sports-related repetitive head impacts

JJ Bazarian, T Zhu, J Zhong, D Janigro, E Rozen… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Repetitive head impacts (RHI) sustained in contact sports are thought to be
necessary for the long-term development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Our …

Traumatic brain injury as a disorder of brain connectivity

JP Hayes, ED Bigler, M Verfaellie - Journal of the International …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Recent advances in neuroimaging methodologies sensitive to axonal injury
have made it possible to assess in vivo the extent of traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related …

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) findings in adult civilian, military, and sport-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI): a systematic critical review

BM Asken, ST DeKosky, JR Clugston, MS Jaffee… - Brain imaging and …, 2018 - Springer
This review seeks to summarize diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies that have evaluated
structural changes attributed to the mechanisms of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in adult …

Age at first exposure to football is associated with altered corpus callosum white matter microstructure in former professional football players

M StammJulie, K KoerteInga… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Youth football players may incur hundreds of repetitive head impacts (RHI) in one season.
Our recent research suggests that exposure to RHI during a critical neurodevelopmental …

[HTML][HTML] Traumatic brain injury, neuroimaging, and neurodegeneration

ED Bigler - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Depending on severity, traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces immediate neuropathological
effects that in the mildest form may be transient but as severity increases results in neural …

Neuroimaging biomarkers in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)

ED Bigler - Neuropsychology review, 2013 - Springer
Reviewed herein are contemporary neuroimaging methods that detect abnormalities
associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Despite advances in demonstrating …