Systematic Review of Genetic Risk Factors for Sustaining a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 2093-2099

  Panenka, William J ^a   Gardner, Andrew J ^b   Dretsch, Michael N ^c   Crynen, Gogce C ^d   Crawford, Fiona C ^d   Iverson, Grant L ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Headquarters Army Training and Doctrine Command (HQ TRADOC)   (United States)

^d ROSKAMP INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^f Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

Author keywords

apolipoprotein E; concussion; genotype; mild traumatic brain injury; risk

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; TAU PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; DRD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOE2 GENE; APOE3 GENE; APOE4 GENE; BDNF GENE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DRD2 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEHF GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAU GENE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ALLELE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE;

ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85020189774     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2016.4833     Document Type: Review

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