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

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-65

  Coughlin, Jennifer M ^a   Wang, Yuchuan ^b   Munro, Cynthia A ^a   Ma, Shuangchao ^a   Yue, Chen ^a   Chen, Shaojie ^a   Airan, Raag ^b   Kim, Pearl K ^a   Adams, Ashley V ^a   Garcia, Cinthya ^a   Higgs, Cecilia ^a   Sair, Haris I ^b   Sawa, Akira ^a   Smith, Gwenn ^a   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^a   Caffo, Brian ^a   Kassiou, Michael ^c,d   Guilarte, Tomas R ^e   Pomper, Martin G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Department of Neurology Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Microglia; Mild traumatic brain injury; Molecular neuroimaging; Neuroinflammation; Translocator protein

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DPA 713 C 11; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; N,N-DIETHYL-2-(2-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)-5,7-DIMETHYL-PYRAZOLO(1,5-A)PYRIMIDIN-3-YL)-ACETAMIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOTBALL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PET SCANNER; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ATHLETE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; ATHLETES; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FOOTBALL; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYRAZOLES; PYRIMIDINES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84912003698     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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