Chronic Effects of Mild Neurotrauma: Putting the Cart before the Horse?

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 493-499

  Castellani, Rudy J ^a   Perry, George ^b   Iverson, Grant L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of San Antonio   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy; Dementia pugilistica; Head trauma; Neuropathology; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD INJURY; HORSE; HUMAN; MILITARY SERVICE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84942912462     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000193     Document Type: Review

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