Biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of mild traumatic brain injury/concussion

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 657-670

  Jeter, Cameron B ^a   Hergenroeder, Georgene W ^b   Hylin, Michael J ^b   Redell, John B ^b   Moore, Anthony N ^b   Dash, Pramod K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DENTAL BRANCH AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic traumatic encephalopathy; polytrauma; post concussive syndrome; repeated mTBI; return to play

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S100B; UBIQUITIN CARBOXY TERMINAL HYDROLASE L1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATIGUE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; IRRITABILITY; NARCOLEPSY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERTIGO; VISION; VOMITING; WORKING MEMORY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84876917409     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2439     Document Type: Article

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