Blood biomarkers for brain injury: What are we measuring?

K Kawata, CY Liu, SF Merkel, SH Ramirez… - Neuroscience & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Accurate diagnosis for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) remains challenging, as prognosis
and return-to-play/work decisions are based largely on patient reports. Numerous …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Blood biomarkers in moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: potential utility of a multi-marker approach in characterizing outcome

AP Di Battista, JE Buonora, SG Rhind… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Background Blood biomarkers are valuable tools for elucidating complex cellular and
molecular mechanisms underlying traumatic brain injury (TBI). Profiling distinct classes of …

Neuron-derived plasma exosome proteins after remote traumatic brain injury

EJ Goetzl, CB Peltz, M Mustapic… - Journal of …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
To identify long-term effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on levels of plasma neuron-
derived exosome (NDE) protein biomarkers of cognitive impairment (CI), plasmas were …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence that the blood biomarker SNTF predicts brain imaging changes and persistent cognitive dysfunction in mild TBI patients

R Siman, N Giovannone, G Hanten, EA Wilde… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Although mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is not typically associated with
abnormalities on computed tomography (CT), it nevertheless causes persistent cognitive …

Diagnostic potential of neural exosome cargo as biomarkers for acute brain injury

L Goetzl, N Merabova, N Darbinian… - Annals of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Neuronal exosomes purified from peripheral blood samples have been proposed
as diagnostic tool in the setting of acute brain injury but never tested clinically. We …

Metabolomics profiling of concussion in adolescent male hockey players: a novel diagnostic method

M Daley, G Dekaban, R Bartha, A Brown, TC Stewart… - Metabolomics, 2016 - Springer
Introduction Concussions are a major health concern as they cause significant acute
symptoms and in some athletes, long-term neurologic dysfunction. Diagnosis of concussion …

[HTML][HTML] Altered blood biomarker profiles in athletes with a history of repetitive head impacts

AP Di Battista, SG Rhind, D Richards, N Churchill… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The long-term health effects of concussion and sub-concussive impacts in sport are
unknown. Growing evidence suggests both inflammation and neurodegeneration are pivotal …

Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury induces ventriculomegaly and cortical thinning in juvenile rats

C Goddeyne, J Nichols, C Wu… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) most frequently occurs in pediatric patients and remains a
leading cause of childhood death and disability. Mild TBI (mTBI) accounts for nearly 75% of …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations for animal models of blast-related traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

LE Goldstein, AC McKee, PK Stanton - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2014 - Springer
The association of military blast exposure and brain injury was first appreciated in World War
I as commotio cerebri, and later as shell shock. Similar injuries sustained in modern military …