Systematic review of clinical studies examining biomarkers of brain injury in athletes after sports-related concussion

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 661-673

  Papa, Linda ^a,b   Ramia, Michelle M ^a   Edwards, Damyan ^b   Johnson, Brian D ^c   Slobounov, Semyon M ^c  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarkers; concussion; sports; systematic review; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CREATINE KINASE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN S100B; TAU PROTEIN;

BASKETBALL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOXING; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYCLING; HOCKEY; HUMAN; NEUROFILAMENT; REVIEW; RUNNING; SOCCER; SPORT INJURY; SWIMMING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HUMANS;

EID: 84929993451     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3655     Document Type: Review

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