Neuroinflammation and brain atrophy in former NFL players: An in vivo multimodal imaging pilot study

Neuroinflammation and brain atrophy in former NFL players: An in vivo multimodal imaging pilot study

There are growing concerns about potential delayed, neuropsychiatric consequences (e.g, cognitive decline, mood or anxiety disorders) of sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI). Autopsy studies of brains from a limited number of former athletes have described characteristic, pathologic changes o...

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Main Authors: Jennifer M. Coughlin, Yuchuan Wang, Cynthia A. Munro, Shuangchao Ma, Chen Yue, Shaojie Chen, Raag Airan, Pearl K. Kim, Ashley V. Adams, Cinthya Garcia, Cecilia Higgs, Haris I. Sair, Akira Sawa, Gwenn Smith, Constantine G. Lyketsos, Brian Caffo, Michael Kassiou, Tomas R. Guilarte, Martin G. Pomper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Subjects:
Mild traumatic brain injury
Translocator protein
Neuroinflammation
Microglia
Molecular neuroimaging
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996114003325

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