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Zimmerman KA, Hain JA, Graham NSN, Rooney EJ, Lee Y, Del-Giovane M, Parker TD, Friedland D, Cross MJ, Kemp S, Wilson MG, Sylvester RJ, Sharp DJ. Prospective cohort study of long-term neurological outcomes in retired elite athletes: the Advanced BiomaRker, Advanced Imaging and Neurocognitive (BRAIN) Health Study protocol. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e082902. [PMID: 38663922 PMCID: PMC11043776 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Although limited, recent research suggests that contact sport participation might have an adverse long-term effect on brain health. Further work is required to determine whether this includes an increased risk of neurodegenerative disease and/or subsequent changes in cognition and behaviour. The Advanced BiomaRker, Advanced Imaging and Neurocognitive Health Study will prospectively examine the neurological, psychiatric, psychological and general health of retired elite-level rugby union and association football/soccer players. METHODS AND ANALYSIS 400 retired athletes will be recruited (200 rugby union and 200 association football players, male and female). Athletes will undergo a detailed clinical assessment, advanced neuroimaging, blood testing for a range of brain health outcomes and neuropsychological assessment longitudinally. Follow-up assessments will be completed at 2 and 4 years after baseline visit. 60 healthy volunteers will be recruited and undergo an aligned assessment protocol including advanced neuroimaging, blood testing and neuropsychological assessment. We will describe the previous exposure to head injuries across the cohort and investigate relationships between biomarkers of brain injury and clinical outcomes including cognitive performance, clinical diagnoses and psychiatric symptom burden. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Relevant ethical approvals have been granted by the Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee (Ref: 17/LO/2066). The study findings will be disseminated through manuscripts in clinical/academic journals, presentations at professional conferences and through participant and stakeholder communications.
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- Karl A Zimmerman
- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for Injury Studies, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for Injury Studies, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, The Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, London, UK
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- Carnegie Applied Rugby Research Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
- Premiership Rugby, London, UK
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- Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, UK
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, London, UK
- HCA Healthcare Research Institute, London, UK
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- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), University College London, London, UK
- Acute Stroke and Brain Injury Unit, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Centre for Care, Research and Technology, UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for Injury Studies, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Culhane JE, Jackson CE, Tripodis Y, Nowinski CJ, Dams-O'Connor K, Pettway E, Uretsky M, Abdolmohammadi B, Nair E, Martin B, Palmisano J, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Goldstein LE, Kowall NW, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Huber BR, Crary JF, Mez J, Stein TD, McKee AC, Alosco ML. Lack of Association of Informant-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. J Neurotrauma 2024. [PMID: 38445389 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Repetitive head impacts (RHIs) from football are associated with the neurodegenerative tauopathy chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It is unclear whether a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is sufficient to precipitate CTE neuropathology. We examined the association between TBI and CTE neuropathology in 580 deceased individuals exposed to RHIs from football. TBI history was assessed using a modified version of the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method Short Form administered to informants. There were 22 donors who had no TBI, 213 who had at least one TBI without loss of consciousness (LOC), 345 who had TBI with LOC, and, of those with a history of TBI with LOC, 36 who had at least one moderate-to-severe TBI (msTBI, LOC >30 min). CTE neuropathology was diagnosed in 405. There was no association between CTE neuropathology status or severity and TBI with LOC (odds ratio [OR] = 0.95, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.64-1.41; OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 0.71-2.09) or msTBI (OR = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.33-1.50; OR = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.30-3.41). There were no associations with other neurodegenerative or cerebrovascular pathologies examined. TBI with LOC and msTBI were not associated with CTE neuropathology in this sample of brain donors exposed to RHIs from American football.
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- Julia E Culhane
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Departments of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence & Human Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
- Neuropathology Brain Bank & Research Core, Friedman Brain Institute, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, BU CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Bhusal A, Kim JH, Kim SC, Hwang EM, Ryu H, Ali MS, Park SC, Lee WH, Suk K. The microglial innate immune protein PGLYRP1 mediates neuroinflammation and consequent behavioral changes. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113813. [PMID: 38393947 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Peptidoglycan recognition protein 1 (PGLYRP1) is a pattern-recognition protein that mediates antibacterial actions and innate immune responses. Its expression and role in neuroinflammatory conditions remain unclear. We observed the upregulation of PGLYRP1 in inflamed human and mouse spinal cord and brain, with microglia being the primary cellular source. Experiments using a recombinant PGLYRP1 protein show that PGLYRP1 potentiates reactive gliosis, neuroinflammation, and consequent behavioral changes in multiple animal models of neuroinflammation. Furthermore, shRNA-mediated knockdown of Pglyrp1 gene expression attenuates this inflammatory response. In addition, we identify triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 (TREM1) as an interaction partner of PGLYRP1 and demonstrate that PGLYRP1 promotes neuroinflammation through the TREM1-Syk-Erk1/2-Stat3 axis in cultured glial cells. Taken together, our results reveal a role for microglial PGLYRP1 as a neuroinflammation mediator. Finally, we propose that PGLYRP1 is a potential biomarker and therapeutic target in various neuroinflammatory diseases.
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- Anup Bhusal
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea; BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea; Brain Korea 21 Four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea; Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Institute for Veterinary Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Institute for Veterinary Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, BK21 Plus KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea; Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea; BK21 Plus KNU Biomedical Convergence Program, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea; Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.
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Alexander A, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Alosco ML, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Nicks R, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Martin B, Palmisano J, Goldstein LE, Crary JF, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Stern RA, Delalle I, McKee AC, Stein TD. Cortical-sparing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CSCTE): a distinct subtype of CTE. Acta Neuropathol 2024; 147:45. [PMID: 38407651 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-024-02690-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repetitive head impacts (RHI) and pathologically defined as neuronal phosphorylated tau aggregates around small blood vessels and concentrated at sulcal depths. Cross-sectional studies suggest that tau inclusions follow a stereotyped pattern that begins in the neocortex in low stage disease, followed by involvement of the medial temporal lobe and subcortical regions with significant neocortical burden in high stage CTE. Here, we define a subset of brain donors with high stage CTE and with a low overall cortical burden of tau inclusions (mean semiquantitative value ≤1) and classify them as cortical-sparing CTE (CSCTE). Of 620 brain donors with pathologically diagnosed CTE, 66 (11%) met criteria for CSCTE. Compared to typical high stage CTE, those with CSCTE had a similar age at death and years of contact sports participation and were less likely to carry apolipoprotein ε4 (p < 0.05). CSCTE had less overall tau pathology severity, but a proportional increase of disease burden in medial temporal lobe and brainstem regions compared to the neocortex (p's < 0.001). CSCTE also had lower prevalence of comorbid neurodegenerative disease. Clinically, CSCTE participants were less likely to have dementia (p = 0.023) and had less severe cognitive difficulties (as reported by informants using the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ); p < 0.001, meta-cognitional index T score; p = 0.002 and Cognitive Difficulties Scale (CDS); p < 0.001,) but had an earlier onset age of behavioral (p = 0.006) and Parkinsonian motor (p = 0.013) symptoms when compared to typical high stage CTE. Other comorbid tauopathies likely contributed in part to these differences: when cases with concurrent Alzheimer dementia or frontal temporal lobar degeneration with tau pathology were excluded, differences were largely retained, but only remained significant for FAQ (p = 0.042), meta-cognition index T score (p = 0.014) and age of Parkinsonian motor symptom onset (p = 0.046). Overall, CSCTE appears to be a distinct subtype of high stage CTE with relatively greater involvement of subcortical and brainstem regions and less severe cognitive symptoms.
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- Abigail Alexander
- Division of Neuropathology, Lifespan Academic Medical Center, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Departments of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Neuropathology, Lifespan Academic Medical Center, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA.
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA.
- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Taskina D, Zhu C, Schwab N, Hazrati LN. Brain pathology and symptoms linked to concussion history: beyond chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Brain Commun 2024; 6:fcad314. [PMID: 38560515 PMCID: PMC10977958 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Repeated head trauma acquired through sports injuries has been associated with the development of long-term disabling symptoms that negatively impact the quality of life. In this retrospective case series, 52 male former professional athletes involved in contact sports and with a history of multiple concussions were evaluated for chronic clinical symptoms and post-mortem neuropathological diagnoses. The clinical symptoms of 19 cases were examined in greater detail for symptom type, severity and duration. Information on neurological, psychiatric and physical symptoms, substance use profiles and concussion histories was obtained from the athletes' next of kin and assessed in relation to post-mortem neuropathological diagnoses. Cases were categorized into three different neuropathological groups: no major neuropathological findings, the presence of only chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the diagnosis(es) of other neurodegenerative diseases. Age at death and the presence of DNA damage in the post-mortem brains were analysed for correlation with the clinical symptoms. In this case series, 14/52 (26.9%) cases (mean age 48.2 ± 11.4) had neuropathological evidence of low-stage/low-burden CTE. A total of 11/52 (21.2%) cases (mean age 38.7 ± 12.7) presented a similar profile and severity of behavioural symptoms to those with CTE, despite the lack of significant post-mortem neuropathological findings. A total of 27/52 (51.9%) cases (mean age 75.5 ± 8.7) presented with complex post-mortem neurodegenerative diagnoses, including Alzheimer's disease and other mixed pathologies, and clinical symptoms associated with language, memory and sensory dysfunction. The presence of DNA damage in the brain was found in all neuropathological groups, predominantly in the ependymal lining of ventricles, and phosphorylated histone H2AX staining was correlated with higher age at death (r = 0.59) and symptoms of language dysfunction (r = 0.56). Findings from our case series suggest that post-concussive symptoms are not driven by CTE. Our findings show that proteinopathies alone may not account for the complexity of the clinical manifestations and suggest the possibility of other drivers, such as DNA damage, as potentially useful markers of brain trauma. Broadening the search for biological markers that reflect the effects of brain injury, even when proteinopathy is not observed, and taking a symptom-driven approach are therefore advised.
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- Daria Taskina
- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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Agrawal S, Leurgans SE, Barnes LL, Dams-O’Connor K, Mez J, Bennett DA, Schneider JA. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and aging-related tau astrogliopathy in community-dwelling older persons with and without moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2024; 83:181-193. [PMID: 38300796 PMCID: PMC10880068 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlae007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
Abstract
This study examined the frequency of chronic traumatic encephalopathy-neuropathologic change (CTE-NC) and aging-related tau astrogliopathy (ARTAG) in community-dwelling older adults and tested the hypothesis that these tau pathologies are associated with a history of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI), defined as a TBI with loss of consciousness >30 minutes. We evaluated CTE-NC, ARTAG, and Alzheimer disease pathologies in 94 participants with msTBI and 94 participants without TBI matched by age, sex, education, and dementia status TBI from the Rush community-based cohorts. Six (3%) of brains showed the pathognomonic lesion of CTE-NC; only 3 of these had a history of msTBI. In contrast, ARTAG was common in older brains (gray matter ARTAG = 77%; white matter ARTAG = 54%; subpial ARTAG = 51%); there were no differences in severity, type, or distribution of ARTAG pathology with respect to history of msTBI. Furthermore, those with msTBI did not have higher levels of PHF-tau tangles density but had higher levels of amyloid-β load (Estimate = 0.339, SE = 0.164, p = 0.040). These findings suggest that CTE-NC is infrequent while ARTAG is common in the community and that both pathologies are unrelated to msTBI. The association of msTBI with amyloid-β, rather than with tauopathies suggests differential mechanisms of neurodegeneration in msTBI.
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- Sonal Agrawal
- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Saltiel N, Tripodis Y, Menzin T, Olaniyan A, Baucom Z, Yhang E, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Uretsky M, Nair E, Abdolmohammadi B, Shah A, Nicks R, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Daneshvar DH, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Stern RA, Alvarez V, Huber B, Boyle PA, Schneider JA, Mez J, McKee A, Alosco ML, Stein TD. Relative Contributions of Mixed Pathologies to Cognitive and Functional Symptoms in Brain Donors Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. Ann Neurol 2024; 95:314-324. [PMID: 37921042 PMCID: PMC10842014 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHI) is associated with later-life cognitive symptoms and neuropathologies, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Cognitive decline in community cohorts is often due to multiple pathologies; however, the frequency and contributions of these pathologies to cognitive impairment in people exposed to RHI are unknown. Here, we examined the relative contributions of 13 neuropathologies to cognitive symptoms and dementia in RHI-exposed brain donors. METHODS Neuropathologists examined brain tissue from 571 RHI-exposed donors and assessed for the presence of 13 neuropathologies, including CTE, Alzheimer disease (AD), Lewy body disease (LBD), and transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) inclusions. Cognitive status was assessed by presence of dementia, Functional Activities Questionnaire, and Cognitive Difficulties Scale. Spearman rho was calculated to assess intercorrelation of pathologies. Additionally, frequencies of pathological co-occurrence were compared to a simulated distribution assuming no intercorrelation. Logistic and linear regressions tested associations between neuropathologies and dementia status and cognitive scale scores. RESULTS The sample age range was 18-97 years (median = 65.0, interquartile range = 46.0-76.0). Of the donors, 77.2% had at least one moderate-severe neurodegenerative or cerebrovascular pathology. Stage III-IV CTE was the most common neurodegenerative disease (43.1%), followed by TDP-43 pathology, AD, and hippocampal sclerosis. Neuropathologies were intercorrelated, and there were fewer unique combinations than expected if pathologies were independent (p < 0.001). The greatest contributors to dementia were AD, neocortical LBD, hippocampal sclerosis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and CTE. INTERPRETATION In this sample of RHI-exposed brain donors with wide-ranging ages, multiple neuropathologies were common and correlated. Mixed neuropathologies, including CTE, underlie cognitive impairment in contact sport athletes. ANN NEUROL 2024;95:314-324.
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- Nicole Saltiel
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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McKee AC, Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B, Butler M, Huber BR, Uretsky M, Babcock K, Cherry JD, Alvarez VE, Martin B, Tripodis Y, Palmisano JN, Cormier KA, Kubilus CA, Nicks R, Kirsch D, Mahar I, McHale L, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Daneshvar D, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Kowall NW, Dwyer B, Stein TD, Alosco ML. Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. JAMA Neurol 2023; 80:1037-1050. [PMID: 37639244 PMCID: PMC10463175 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
Abstract
Importance Young contact sport athletes may be at risk for long-term neuropathologic disorders, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Objective To characterize the neuropathologic and clinical symptoms of young brain donors who were contact sport athletes. Design, Setting, and Participants This case series analyzes findings from 152 of 156 brain donors younger than 30 years identified through the Understanding Neurologic Injury and Traumatic Encephalopathy (UNITE) Brain Bank who donated their brains from February 1, 2008, to September 31, 2022. Neuropathologic evaluations, retrospective telephone clinical assessments, and online questionnaires with informants were performed blinded. Data analysis was conducted between August 2021 and June 2023. Exposures Repetitive head impacts from contact sports. Main Outcomes and Measures Gross and microscopic neuropathologic assessment, including diagnosis of CTE, based on defined diagnostic criteria; and informant-reported athletic history and informant-completed scales that assess cognitive symptoms, mood disturbances, and neurobehavioral dysregulation. Results Among the 152 deceased contact sports participants (mean [SD] age, 22.97 [4.31] years; 141 [92.8%] male) included in the study, CTE was diagnosed in 63 (41.4%; median [IQR] age, 26 [24-27] years). Of the 63 brain donors diagnosed with CTE, 60 (95.2%) were diagnosed with mild CTE (stages I or II). Brain donors who had CTE were more likely to be older (mean difference, 3.92 years; 95% CI, 2.74-5.10 years) Of the 63 athletes with CTE, 45 (71.4%) were men who played amateur sports, including American football, ice hockey, soccer, rugby, and wrestling; 1 woman with CTE played collegiate soccer. For those who played football, duration of playing career was significantly longer in those with vs without CTE (mean difference, 2.81 years; 95% CI, 1.15-4.48 years). Athletes with CTE had more ventricular dilatation, cavum septum pellucidum, thalamic notching, and perivascular pigment-laden macrophages in the frontal white matter than those without CTE. Cognitive and neurobehavioral symptoms were frequent among all brain donors. Suicide was the most common cause of death, followed by unintentional overdose; there were no differences in cause of death or clinical symptoms based on CTE status. Conclusions and Relevance This case series found that young brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts were highly symptomatic regardless of CTE status, and the causes of symptoms in this sample are likely multifactorial. Future studies that include young brain donors unexposed to repetitive head impacts are needed to clarify the association among exposure, white matter and microvascular pathologic findings, CTE, and clinical symptoms.
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- Ann C. McKee
- Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, Massachusetts
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, Massachusetts
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, Massachusetts
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- Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurosurgery, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurosurgery, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Psychiatry, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Biomedical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, Massachusetts
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- Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, Massachusetts
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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Bruce HJ, Tripodis Y, McClean M, Korell M, Tanner CM, Contreras B, Gottesman J, Kirsch L, Karim Y, Martin B, Palmisano J, Abdolmohammadi B, Shih LC, Stein TD, Stern RA, Adler CH, Mez J, Nowinski C, McKee AC, Alosco ML. American Football Play and Parkinson Disease Among Men. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2328644. [PMID: 37566412 PMCID: PMC10422187 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Importance Parkinsonism and Parkinson disease (PD) are known to result from repetitive head impacts from boxing. Repetitive head impacts from American football may also be associated with increased risk of neurodegenerative pathologies that cause parkinsonism, yet in vivo research on the association between football play and PD is scarce and limited by small samples and equivocal findings. Objective To evaluate the association between football participation and self-reported parkinsonism or PD diagnosis. Design, Setting, and Participants This cross-sectional study leveraged data from the online Fox Insight study. Participants completed online questionnaires and self-reported whether they currently had a diagnosis of Parkinson disease or parkinsonism by a physician or other health care professional. In November 2020, the Boston University Head Impact Exposure Assessment was launched for data collection on repetitive head impacts. Data used for this manuscript were obtained from the Fox Insight database on June 9, 2022. A total of 1875 men who endorsed playing any organized sport were included. Former athletes were divided into those who participated in football (n = 729 [38.9%]) and those who participated in other sports (reference group). Exposures Self-reported participation in football, duration and level of football play, age at first exposure. Main Outcomes and Measures Logistic regression tested associations between PD status and history of football play, duration of football play, highest level played, and age at first exposure, controlling for age, education, history of diabetes or heart disease, body mass index, history of traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness, and family history of PD. Results In this sample of 1875 men (mean [SD] age, 67.69 [9.84] years) enriched for parkinsonism or PD (n = 1602 [85.4%]), 729 (38.9%) played football (mean [SD] duration, 4.35 [2.91] years). History of playing football was associated with higher odds of having a parkinsonism or PD diagnosis (odds ratio [OR], 1.61; 95% CI, 1.19-2.17). Among the entire sample, longer duration of play was associated with higher odds of having a parkinsonism or PD diagnosis (OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.06-1.19). Among football players, longer duration of football play (OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.02-1.23) and higher level of play (OR, 2.93; 95% CI, 1.28-6.73) were associated with higher odds of having parkinsonism or PD. Conclusions and Relevance In this cross-sectional study of participants enriched for PD, participation in football was associated with higher odds of having a reported parkinsonism or PD diagnosis.
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- Hannah J. Bruce
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco
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- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, New York, New York
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- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, New York, New York
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- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, New York, New York
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, United States Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, United States Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Rosen G, Kirsch D, Horowitz S, Cherry JD, Nicks R, Kelley H, Uretsky M, Dell'Aquila K, Mathias R, Cormier KA, Kubilus CA, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Stein TD, Alvarez VE, Alosco ML, McKee AC, Huber BR. Three dimensional evaluation of cerebrovascular density and branching in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2023; 11:123. [PMID: 37491342 PMCID: PMC10369801 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-023-01612-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHI) and characterized by perivascular accumulations of hyperphosphorylated tau protein (p-tau) at the depths of the cortical sulci. Studies of living athletes exposed to RHI, including concussive and nonconcussive impacts, have shown increased blood-brain barrier permeability, reduced cerebral blood flow, and alterations in vasoreactivity. Blood-brain barrier abnormalities have also been reported in individuals neuropathologically diagnosed with CTE. To further investigate the three-dimensional microvascular changes in individuals diagnosed with CTE and controls, we used SHIELD tissue processing and passive delipidation to optically clear and label blocks of postmortem human dorsolateral frontal cortex. We used fluorescent confocal microscopy to quantitate vascular branch density and fraction volume. We compared the findings in 41 male brain donors, age at death 31-89 years, mean age 64 years, including 12 donors with low CTE (McKee stage I-II), 13 with high CTE (McKee stage III-IV) to 16 age- and sex-matched non-CTE controls (7 with RHI exposure and 9 with no RHI exposure). The density of vessel branches in the gray matter sulcus was significantly greater in CTE cases than in controls. The ratios of sulcus versus gyrus vessel branch density and fraction volume were also greater in CTE than in controls and significantly above one for the CTE group. Hyperphosphorylated tau pathology density correlated with gray matter sulcus fraction volume. These findings point towards increased vascular coverage and branching in the dorsolateral frontal cortex (DLF) sulci in CTE, that correlates with p-tau pathology.
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- Grace Rosen
- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- National Center for PTSD, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- National Center for PTSD, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 150 S Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston, USA.
- National Center for PTSD, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, USA.
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Daneshvar DH, Nair ES, Baucom ZH, Rasch A, Abdolmohammadi B, Uretsky M, Saltiel N, Shah A, Jarnagin J, Baugh CM, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Cherry JD, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Weuve J, Nowinski CJ, Cantu RC, Zafonte RD, Dwyer B, Crary JF, Goldstein LE, Kowall NW, Katz DI, Stern RA, Tripodis Y, Stein TD, McClean MD, Alosco ML, McKee AC, Mez J. Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3470. [PMID: 37340004 PMCID: PMC10281995 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39183-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy associated with repetitive head impacts (RHI), but the components of RHI exposure underlying this relationship are unclear. We create a position exposure matrix (PEM), composed of American football helmet sensor data, summarized from literature review by player position and level of play. Using this PEM, we estimate measures of lifetime RHI exposure for a separate cohort of 631 football playing brain donors. Separate models examine the relationship between CTE pathology and players' concussion count, athletic positions, years of football, and PEM-derived measures, including estimated cumulative head impacts, linear accelerations, and rotational accelerations. Only duration of play and PEM-derived measures are significantly associated with CTE pathology. Models incorporating cumulative linear or rotational acceleration have better model fit and are better predictors of CTE pathology than duration of play or cumulative head impacts alone. These findings implicate cumulative head impact intensity in CTE pathogenesis.
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- Daniel H Daneshvar
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mass General Brigham-Spaulding Rehabilitation, Charlestown, MA, USA.
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mass General Brigham-Spaulding Rehabilitation, Charlestown, MA, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Neuropathology Brain Bank & Research Core, Department of Pathology, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Vig V, Garg I, Tuz-Zahra F, Xu J, Tripodis Y, Nicks R, Xia W, Alvarez VE, Alosco ML, Stein TD, Subramanian ML. Vitreous Humor Biomarkers Reflect Pathological Changes in the Brain for Alzheimer's Disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. J Alzheimers Dis 2023:JAD230167. [PMID: 37182888 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients with eye disease have an increased risk for developing neurodegenerative disease. Neurodegenerative proteins can be measured in the eye; however, correlations between biomarker levels in eye fluid and neuropathological diagnoses have not been established. OBJECTIVE This exploratory, retrospective study examined vitreous humor from 41 postmortem eyes and brain tissue with neuropathological diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease (AD, n = 7), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE, n = 15), both AD + CTE (n = 10), and without significant neuropathology (controls, n = 9). METHODS Protein biomarkers i.e., amyloid-β (Aβ 40,42), total tau (tTau), phosphorylated tau (pTau181,231), neurofilament light chain (NfL), and eotaxin-1 were quantitatively measured by immunoassay. Non-parametric tests were used to compare vitreous biomarker levels between groups. Spearman's rank correlation tests were used to correlate biomarker levels in vitreous and cortical tissue. The level of significance was set to α= 0.10. RESULTS In pairwise comparisons, tTau levels were significantly increased in AD and CTE groups versus controls (p = 0.08 for both) as well as AD versus AD+CTE group and CTE versus AD+CTE group (p = 0.049 for both). Vitreous NfL levels were significantly increased in low CTE (Stage I/II) versus no CTE (p = 0.096) and in low CTE versus high CTE stage (p = 0.03). Vitreous and cortical tissue levels of pTau 231 (p = 0.02, r = 0.38) and t-Tau (p = 0.04, r = -0.34) were significantly correlated. CONCLUSION The postmortem vitreous humor biomarker levels significantly correlate with AD and CTE pathology in corresponding brains, while vitreous NfL was correlated with the CTE staging. This exploratory study indicates that biomarkers in the vitreous humor may serve as a proxy for neuropathological disease.
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- Viha Vig
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Nicks R, Clement NF, Alvarez VE, Tripodis Y, Baucom ZH, Huber BR, Mez J, Alosco ML, Aytan N, Cherry JD, Cormier KA, Kubilius C, Mathias R, Svirsky SE, Pothast MJ, Hildebrandt AM, Chung J, Han X, Crary JF, McKee AC, Frosch MP, Stein TD. Repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy are associated with TDP-43 inclusions and hippocampal sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol 2023; 145:395-408. [PMID: 36681782 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02539-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is associated with advanced age as well as transactive response DNA-binding protein with 43 kDa (TDP-43) deposits. Both hippocampal sclerosis and TDP-43 proteinopathy have also been described in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHI). However, the prevalence of HS in CTE, the pattern of TDP-43 pathology, and associations of HS and TDP-43 with RHI are unknown. A group of participants with a history of RHI and CTE at autopsy (n = 401) as well as a group with HS-aging without CTE (n = 33) was examined to determine the prevalence of HS and TDP-43 inclusions in CTE and to compare the clinical and pathological features of HS and TDP-43 inclusions in CTE to HS-aging. In CTE, HS was present in 23.4%, and TDP-43 inclusions were present in 43.3% of participants. HS in CTE occurred at a relatively young age (mean 77.0 years) and was associated with a greater number of years of RHI than CTE without HS adjusting for age (p = 0.029). In CTE, TDP-43 inclusions occurred frequently in the frontal cortex and occurred both with and without limbic TDP-43. Additionally, structural equation modeling demonstrated that RHI exposure years were associated with hippocampal TDP-43 inclusions (p < 0.001) through increased CTE stage (p < 0.001). Overall, RHI and the development of CTE pathology may contribute to TDP-43 deposition and hippocampal sclerosis.
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- Raymond Nicks
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- C.S. Kubik Laboratory for Neuropathology, Pathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- C.S. Kubik Laboratory for Neuropathology, Pathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA.
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Kim JH, Kang RJ, Hyeon SJ, Ryu H, Joo H, Bu Y, Kim JH, Suk K. Lipocalin-2 Is a Key Regulator of Neuroinflammation in Secondary Traumatic and Ischemic Brain Injury. Neurotherapeutics 2023; 20:803-821. [PMID: 36508119 PMCID: PMC10275845 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-022-01333-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Reactive glial cells are hallmarks of brain injury. However, whether these cells contribute to secondary inflammatory pathology and neurological deficits remains poorly understood. Lipocalin-2 (LCN2) has inflammatory and neurotoxic effects in various disease models; however, its pathogenic role in traumatic brain injury remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of LCN2 and its role in neuroinflammation following brain injury. LCN2 expression was high in the mouse brain after controlled cortical impact (CCI) and photothrombotic stroke (PTS) injury. Brain levels of LCN2 mRNA and protein were also significantly higher in patients with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) than in normal subjects. RT-PCR and immunofluorescence analyses revealed that astrocytes were the major cellular source of LCN2 in the injured brain. Lcn2 deficiency or intracisternal injection of an LCN2 neutralizing antibody reduced CCI- and PTS-induced brain lesions, behavioral deficits, and neuroinflammation. Mechanistically, in cultured glial cells, recombinant LCN2 protein enhanced scratch injury-induced proinflammatory cytokine gene expression and inhibited Gdnf gene expression, whereas Lcn2 deficiency exerted opposite effects. Together, our results from CTE patients, rodent brain injury models, and cultured glial cells suggest that LCN2 mediates secondary damage response to traumatic and ischemic brain injury by promoting neuroinflammation and suppressing the expression of neurotropic factors.
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- Jae-Hong Kim
- Brain Korea 21 Four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Brain Korea 21 Four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA USA
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Science in Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Present Address: Pharmacological Research Division, Toxicological Evaluation and Research Department, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Chungju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Pharmacology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Brain Science & Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Brain Korea 21 Four KNU Convergence Educational Program of Biomedical Sciences for Creative Future Talents, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Brain Science & Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Labadorf A, Agus F, Aytan N, Cherry J, Mez J, McKee A, Stein TD. Inflammation and neuronal gene expression changes differ in early versus late chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain. BMC Med Genomics 2023; 16:49. [PMID: 36895005 PMCID: PMC9996917 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01471-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and its associated pathology in post-mortem brain is incomplete. Factors including years of play and genetic risk variants influence the extent of tau pathology associated with disease expression, but how these factors affect gene expression, and whether those effects are consistent across the development of disease, is unknown. METHODS To address these questions, we conducted an analysis of the largest post-mortem brain CTE mRNASeq whole-transcriptome dataset available to date. We examined the genes and biological processes associated with disease by comparing individuals with CTE with control individuals with a history of repetitive head impacts that lack CTE pathology. We then identified genes and biological processes associated with total years of play as a measure of exposure, amount of tau pathology present at time of death, and the presence of APOE and TMEM106B risk variants. Samples were stratified into low and high pathology groups based on McKee CTE staging criteria to model early versus late changes in response to exposure, and the relative effects associated with these factors were compared between these groups. RESULTS Substantial gene expression changes were associated with severe disease for most of these factors, primarily implicating diverse, strongly involved neuroinflammatory and neuroimmune processes. In contrast, low pathology groups had many fewer genes and processes implicated and show striking differences for some factors when compared with severe disease. Specifically, gene expression associated with amount of tau pathology showed a nearly perfect inverse relationship when compared between these two groups. CONCLUSIONS Together, these results suggest the early CTE disease process may be mechanistically different than what occurs in late stages, that total years of play and tau pathology influence disease expression differently, and that related pathology-modifying risk variants may do so via distinct biological pathways.
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- Adam Labadorf
- Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA USA
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA USA
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- Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA USA
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- Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
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- Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medford, MA USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medford, MA USA
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Alosco ML, Ly M, Mosaheb S, Saltiel N, Uretsky M, Tripodis Y, Martin B, Palmisano J, Delano-Wood L, Bondi MW, Meng G, Xia W, Daley S, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Stern RA, Alvarez VE, Mez J, Huber BR, McKee AC, Stein TD. Decreased myelin proteins in brain donors exposed to football-related repetitive head impacts. Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad019. [PMID: 36895961 PMCID: PMC9990992 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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American football players and other individuals exposed to repetitive head impacts can exhibit a constellation of later-life cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms. While tau-based diseases such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy can underpin certain symptoms, contributions from non-tau pathologies from repetitive head impacts are increasingly recognized. We examined cross-sectional associations between myelin integrity using immunoassays for myelin-associated glycoprotein and proteolipid protein 1 with risk factors and clinical outcomes in brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts from American football. Immunoassays for myelin-associated glycoprotein and proteolipid protein 1 were conducted on dorsolateral frontal white matter tissue samples of 205 male brain donors. Proxies of exposure to repetitive head impacts included years of exposure and age of first exposure to American football play. Informants completed the Functional Activities Questionnaire, Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (Behavioral Regulation Index), and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11. Associations between myelin-associated glycoprotein and proteolipid protein 1 with exposure proxies and clinical scales were tested. Of the 205 male brain donors who played amateur and professional football, the mean age was 67.17 (SD = 16.78), and 75.9% (n = 126) were reported by informants to be functionally impaired prior to death. Myelin-associated glycoprotein and proteolipid protein 1 correlated with the ischaemic injury scale score, a global indicator of cerebrovascular disease (r = -0.23 and -0.20, respectively, Ps < 0.01). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy was the most common neurodegenerative disease (n = 151, 73.7%). Myelin-associated glycoprotein and proteolipid protein 1 were not associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy status, but lower proteolipid protein 1 was associated with more severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (P = 0.03). Myelin-associated glycoprotein and proteolipid protein 1 were not associated with other neurodegenerative disease pathologies. More years of football play was associated with lower proteolipid protein 1 [beta = -2.45, 95% confidence interval (CI) [-4.52, -0.38]] and compared with those who played <11 years of football (n = 78), those who played 11 or more years (n = 128) had lower myelin-associated glycoprotein (mean difference = 46.00, 95% CI [5.32, 86.69]) and proteolipid protein 1 (mean difference = 24.72, 95% CI [2.40, 47.05]). Younger age of first exposure corresponded to lower proteolipid protein 1 (beta = 4.35, 95% CI [0.25, 8.45]). Among brain donors who were aged 50 or older (n = 144), lower proteolipid protein 1 (beta = -0.02, 95% CI [-0.047, -0.001]) and myelin-associated glycoprotein (beta = -0.01, 95% CI [-0.03, -0.002]) were associated with higher Functional Activities Questionnaire scores. Lower myelin-associated glycoprotein correlated with higher Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 scores (beta = -0.02, 95% CI [-0.04, -0.0003]). Results suggest that decreased myelin may represent a late effect of repetitive head impacts that contributes to the manifestation of cognitive symptoms and impulsivity. Clinical-pathological correlation studies with prospective objective clinical assessments are needed to confirm our findings.
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- Michael L Alosco
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Departments of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Kirsch D, Shah A, Dixon E, Kelley H, Cherry JD, Xia W, Daley S, Aytan N, Cormier K, Kubilus C, Mathias R, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, McKee AC, Stein TD. Vascular injury is associated with repetitive head impacts and tau pathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2023; 82:127-139. [PMID: 36617181 PMCID: PMC9852946 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repetitive head impacts (RHI) and characterized by perivascular hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) deposits. The role of vascular injury, blood-brain barrier leakage, and neuroinflammation in CTE pathogenesis is not well understood. We performed quantitative immunoassays for intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1), vascular cellular adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM1), and C-reactive protein (CRP) within the postmortem dorsolateral frontal cortex of participants with and without a history of RHI and CTE (n = 156), and tested for associations with RHI, microgliosis, and tau pathology measures. Levels of vascular injury-associated markers ICAM1, VCAM1, and CRP were increased in CTE compared to RHI-exposed and -naïve controls. ICAM1 and CRP increased with RHI exposure duration (p < 0.01) and were associated with increased microglial density (p < 0.001) and tau pathology (AT8, p-tau396, p-tau202; p < 0.05). Histologically, there was significantly increased ICAM1 staining of the microvasculature, extracellular space, and astrocytes at the sulcal depths in high stage CTE compared to both low stage CTE and controls. Multifocal perivascular immunoreactivity for serum albumin was present in all RHI-exposed individuals. These findings demonstrate that vascular injury markers are associated with RHI exposure, duration, and microgliosis, are elevated in CTE, and increase with disease severity.
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- Daniel Kirsch
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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Blusztajn JK, Aytan N, Rajendiran T, Mellott TJ, Soni T, Burant CF, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Lin H, Stein TD. Cerebral Gray and White Matter Monogalactosyl Diglyceride Levels Rise with the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2023; 95:1623-1634. [PMID: 37718815 PMCID: PMC10911245 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Multiple studies have reported brain lipidomic abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that affect glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, and fatty acids. However, there is no consensus regarding the nature of these abnormalities, and it is unclear if they relate to disease progression. OBJECTIVE Monogalactosyl diglycerides (MGDGs) are a class of lipids which have been recently detected in the human brain. We sought to measure their levels in postmortem human brain and determine if these levels correlate with the progression of the AD-related traits. METHODS We measured MGDGs by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in postmortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortex gray matter and subcortical corona radiata white matter samples derived from three cohorts of participants: the Framingham Heart Study, the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and the Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders/Brain and Body Donation Program (total n = 288). RESULTS We detected 40 molecular species of MGDGs (including diacyl and alkyl/acyl compounds) and found that the levels of 29 of them, as well as total MGDG levels, are positively associated with AD-related traits including pathologically confirmed AD diagnosis, clinical dementia rating, Braak and Braak stage, neuritic plaque score, phospho-Tau AT8 immunostaining density, levels of phospho-Tau396 and levels of Aβ40. Increased MGDG levels were present in both gray and white matter, indicating that they are widespread and likely associated with myelin-producing oligodendrocytes-the principal cell type of white matter. CONCLUSIONS Our data implicate the MGDG metabolic defect as a central correlate of clinical and pathological progression in AD.
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- Jan Krzysztof Blusztajn
- Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
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- Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
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- Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA
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Alosco ML, Su Y, Stein TD, Protas H, Cherry JD, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Pulukuri SV, Abdolmohammadi B, Coleman MJ, Palmisano JN, Tripodis Y, Mez J, Rabinovici GD, Marek KL, Beach TG, Johnson KA, Huber BR, Koerte I, Lin AP, Bouix S, Cummings JL, Shenton ME, Reiman EM, McKee AC, Stern RA. Associations between near end-of-life flortaucipir PET and postmortem CTE-related tau neuropathology in six former American football players. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2023; 50:435-452. [PMID: 36152064 PMCID: PMC9816291 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05963-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE Flourine-18-flortaucipir tau positron emission tomography (PET) was developed for the detection for Alzheimer's disease. Human imaging studies have begun to investigate its use in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Flortaucipir-PET to autopsy correlation studies in CTE are needed for diagnostic validation. We examined the association between end-of-life flortaucipir PET and postmortem neuropathological measurements of CTE-related tau in six former American football players. METHODS Three former National Football League players and three former college football players who were part of the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project died and agreed to have their brains donated. The six players had flortaucipir (tau) and florbetapir (amyloid) PET prior to death. All brains from the deceased participants were neuropathologically evaluated for the presence of CTE. On average, the participants were 59.0 (SD = 9.32) years of age at time of PET. PET scans were acquired 20.33 (SD = 13.08) months before their death. Using Spearman correlation analyses, we compared flortaucipir standard uptake value ratios (SUVRs) to digital slide-based AT8 phosphorylated tau (p-tau) density in a priori selected composite cortical, composite limbic, and thalamic regions-of-interest (ROIs). RESULTS Four brain donors had autopsy-confirmed CTE, all with high stage disease (n = 3 stage III, n = 1 stage IV). Three of these four met criteria for the clinical syndrome of CTE, known as traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES). Two did not have CTE at autopsy and one of these met criteria for TES. Concomitant pathology was only present in one of the non-CTE cases (Lewy body) and one of the CTE cases (motor neuron disease). There was a strong association between flortaucipir SUVRs and p-tau density in the composite cortical (ρ = 0.71) and limbic (ρ = 0.77) ROIs. Although there was a strong association in the thalamic ROI (ρ = 0.83), this is a region with known off-target binding. SUVRs were modest and CTE and non-CTE cases had overlapping SUVRs and discordant p-tau density for some regions. CONCLUSIONS Flortaucipir-PET could be useful for detecting high stage CTE neuropathology, but specificity to CTE p-tau is uncertain. Off-target flortaucipir binding in the hippocampus and thalamus complicates interpretation of these associations. In vivo biomarkers that can detect the specific p-tau of CTE across the disease continuum are needed.
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- Michael L Alosco
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Arizona State University, and Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, Population Health and Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Memory & Aging Center, Departments of Neurology, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Invicro, LLC, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, Arizona, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Boston, MA, USA
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
- Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
- NICUM (NeuroImaging Core Unit Munich), Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Clinical Spectroscopy, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer's Institute, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Translational Genomics Research Institute, and Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
- Departments of Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Soluble ANPEP Released From Human Astrocytes as a Positive Regulator of Microglial Activation and Neuroinflammation: Brain Renin-Angiotensin System in Astrocyte-Microglia Crosstalk. Mol Cell Proteomics 2022; 21:100424. [PMID: 36220603 PMCID: PMC9650055 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2022.100424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Astrocytes are major supportive glia and immune modulators in the brain; they are highly secretory in nature and interact with other cell types via their secreted proteomes. To understand how astrocytes communicate during neuroinflammation, we profiled the secretome of human astrocytes following stimulation with proinflammatory factors. A total of 149 proteins were significantly upregulated in stimulated astrocytes, and a bioinformatics analysis of the astrocyte secretome revealed that the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is an important mechanism of astrocyte communication. We observed that the levels of soluble form of aminopeptidase N (sANPEP), an RAS component that converts angiotensin (Ang) III to Ang IV in a neuroinflammatory milieu, significantly increased in the astrocyte secretome. To elucidate the role of sANPEP and Ang IV in neuroinflammation, we first evaluated the expression of Ang IV receptors in human glial cells because Ang IV mediates biological effects through its receptors. The expression of angiotensin type 1 receptor was considerably upregulated in activated human microglial cells but not in human astrocytes. Moreover, interleukin-1β release from human microglial cells was synergistically increased by cotreatment with sANPEP and its substrate, Ang III, suggesting the proinflammatory action of Ang IV generated by sANPEP. In a mouse neuroinflammation model, brain microglial activation and proinflammatory cytokine expression levels were increased by intracerebroventricular injection of sANPEP and attenuated by an enzymatic inhibitor and neutralizing antibody against sANPEP. Collectively, our results indicate that astrocytic sANPEP-induced increase in Ang IV exacerbates neuroinflammation by interacting with microglial proinflammatory receptor angiotensin type 1 receptor, highlighting an important role of indirect crosstalk between astrocytes and microglia through the brain RAS in neuroinflammation.
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Stathas S, Alvarez VE, Xia W, Nicks R, Meng G, Daley S, Pothast M, Shah A, Kelley H, Esnault C, McCormack R, Dixon E, Fishbein L, Cherry JD, Huber BR, Tripodis Y, Alosco ML, Mez J, McKee AC, Stein TD. Tau phosphorylation sites serine202 and serine396 are differently altered in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2022; 18:1511-1522. [PMID: 34854540 PMCID: PMC9160206 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy associated with repetitive head impacts (RHI) typically sustained by contact sport athletes. Post-translation modifications to tau in CTE have not been well delineated or compared to Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS We measured phosphorylated tau epitopes within dorsolateral frontal cortex from post mortem brains with neither CTE nor AD (n = 108), CTE (n = 109), AD (n = 223), and both CTE and AD (n = 33). RESULTS Levels of hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau)202 , p-tau231 , and p-tau396 were significantly increased in CTE. Total years of RHI exposure was significantly associated with increased p-tau202 levels (P = .001), but not p-tau396 . Instead, p-tau396 was most closely related to amyloid beta (Aβ)1-42 levels (P < .001). The p-tau202 :p-tau396 ratio was significantly increased in early and late CTE compared to AD. DISCUSSION In frontal cortex, p-tau202 is the most upregulated p-tau species in CTE, while p-tau396 is most increased in AD. p-tau202 and p-tau396 measurements may aid in developing biomarkers for disease.
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- SpiroAnthony Stathas
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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LeClair J, Weuve J, Fox MP, Mez J, Alosco ML, Nowinski C, McKee A, Tripodis Y. Relationship Between Level of American Football Playing and Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a Selection Bias Analysis. Am J Epidemiol 2022; 191:1429-1443. [PMID: 35434739 PMCID: PMC9989358 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with exposure to repetitive head impacts such as those from American football. Our understanding of this association is based on research in autopsied brains, since CTE can only be diagnosed postmortem. Such studies are susceptible to selection bias, which needs to be accounted for to ensure a generalizable estimate of the association between repetitive head impacts and CTE. We evaluated the relationship between level of American football playing and CTE diagnosis after adjusting for selection bias. The sample included 290 deceased male former American football players who donated their brains to the Veterans Affairs-Boston University-Concussion Legacy Foundation (VA-BU-CLF) Brain Bank between 2008 and 2019. After adjustment for selection bias, college-level and professional football players had 2.38 (95% simulation interval (SI): 1.16, 5.94) and 2.47 (95% SI: 1.46, 4.79) times the risk of being diagnosed with CTE as high-school-level players, respectively; these estimates are larger than estimates with no selection bias adjustment. Since CTE is currently diagnosed only postmortem, we additionally provide plausible scenarios for CTE risk ratios for each level of play during the former players' lifetime. This study provides further evidence to support a dose-response relationship between American football playing and CTE.
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- Correspondence to Dr. Yorghos Tripodis, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Boston University, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Crosstown Center, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118 (e-mail: )
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Alvia M, Aytan N, Spencer KR, Foster ZW, Rauf NA, Guilderson L, Robey I, Averill JG, Walker SE, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Mathais R, Cormier KA, Nicks R, Pothast M, Labadorf A, Agus F, Alosco ML, Mez J, Kowall NW, McKee AC, Brady CB, Stein TD. MicroRNA Alterations in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:855096. [PMID: 35663558 PMCID: PMC9160996 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.855096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Repetitive head impacts (RHI) and traumatic brain injuries are risk factors for the neurodegenerative diseases chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS and CTE are distinct disorders, yet in some instances, share pathology, affect similar brain regions, and occur together. The pathways involved and biomarkers for diagnosis of both diseases are largely unknown. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) involved in gene regulation may be altered in neurodegeneration and be useful as stable biomarkers. Thus, we set out to determine associations between miRNA levels and disease state within the prefrontal cortex in a group of brain donors with CTE, ALS, CTE + ALS and controls. Of 47 miRNAs previously implicated in neurological disease and tested here, 28 (60%) were significantly different between pathology groups. Of these, 21 (75%) were upregulated in both ALS and CTE, including miRNAs involved in inflammatory, apoptotic, and cell growth/differentiation pathways. The most significant change occurred in miR-10b, which was significantly increased in ALS, but not CTE or CTE + ALS. Overall, we found patterns of miRNA expression that are common and unique to CTE and ALS and that suggest shared and distinct mechanisms of pathogenesis.
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- Marcela Alvia
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, United States
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, United States
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, United States
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Babcock KJ, Abdolmohammadi B, Kiernan PT, Mahar I, Cherry JD, Alvarez VE, Goldstein LE, Stein TD, McKee AC, Huber BR. Interface astrogliosis in contact sport head impacts and military blast exposure. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2022; 10:52. [PMID: 35418116 PMCID: PMC9009003 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-022-01358-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Exposure to military blast and repetitive head impacts (RHI) in contact sports is associated with increased risk of long-term neurobehavioral sequelae and cognitive deficits, and the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). At present, the exact pathogenic mechanisms of RHI and CTE are unknown, and no targeted therapies are available. Astrocytes have recently emerged as key mediators of the multicellular response to head trauma. Here, we investigated interface astrogliosis in blast and impact neurotrauma, specifically in the context of RHI and early stage CTE. We compared postmortem brain tissue from former military veterans with a history of blast exposure with and without a neuropathological diagnosis of CTE, former American football players with a history of RHI with and without a neuropathological diagnosis of CTE, and control donors without a history of blast, RHI exposure or CTE diagnosis. Using quantitative immunofluorescence, we found that astrogliosis was higher at the grey-white matter interface in the dorsolateral frontal cortex, with mixed effects at the subpial surface and underlying cortex, in both blast and RHI donors with and without CTE, compared to controls. These results indicate that certain astrocytic alterations are associated with both impact and blast neurotrauma, and that different astroglial responses take place in distinct brain regions.
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Turk KW, Geada A, Alvarez VE, Xia W, Cherry JD, Nicks R, Meng G, Daley S, Tripodis Y, Huber BR, Budson AE, Dwyer B, Kowall NW, Cantu RC, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Stern RA, Alosco ML, Mez J, McKee AC, Stein TD. A comparison between tau and amyloid-β cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer disease. Alzheimers Res Ther 2022; 14:28. [PMID: 35139894 PMCID: PMC8830027 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-022-00976-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau and beta-amyloid levels in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease which can be clinically indistinguishable from Alzheimer's disease (AD), are largely unknown. We examined postmortem CSF analytes among participants with autopsy confirmed CTE and AD. METHODS In this cross-sectional study 192 participants from the Boston University AD Research Center, VA-BU-CLF Center, and Framingham Heart Study (FHS) had post-mortem CSF collected at autopsy. Participants were divided into pathological groups based on AD and CTE criteria, with 61 CTE participants (18 low, 43 high stage), 79 AD participants (23 low, 56 intermediate to high), 11 participants with CTE combined with AD, and 41 participants lacking both CTE and AD neuropathology. The Meso Scale Discovery immunoassay system was utilized to measure amyloid-beta (Aβ1-40, Aβ1-42), total tau (t-tau), and phosphorylated tau (p-tau181 and p-tau231). CSF analytes were then compared across the pathological groups: no CTE/no AD (control), Low CTE, Low AD, High CTE, Intermediate/High AD, and AD+CTE. RESULTS Among the Low disease state groups, the Low CTE group had significantly higher levels of p-tau231 versus the control group and compared to the Low AD group. The Low CTE group was also found to have significantly lower levels of Aβ1-42 compared to the control group. The high CTE group had higher levels of p-tau231 and lower levels of Aβ1-42 compared to Intermediate/High AD group. CONCLUSIONS Importantly, p-tau231 and Aβ1-42 were predictors of diagnosis of CTE vs. control and CTE vs. AD. Increased CSF p-tau231 is a promising potentially sensitive biomarker of CTE, and CSF Aβ1-42 needs further investigation in CTE.
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- Katherine W Turk
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20119, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, 01742, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Departments of Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Departments of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20119, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 20118, USA
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
- VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA.
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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Uretsky M, Bouix S, Killiany RJ, Tripodis Y, Martin B, Palmisano J, Mian AZ, Buch K, Farris C, Daneshvar DH, Dwyer B, Goldstein L, Katz D, Nowinski C, Cantu R, Kowall N, Huber BR, Stern RA, Alvarez VE, Stein TD, McKee A, Mez J, Alosco ML. Association Between Antemortem FLAIR White Matter Hyperintensities and Neuropathology in Brain Donors Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. Neurology 2022; 98:e27-e39. [PMID: 34819338 PMCID: PMC8726571 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000013012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Late neuropathologies of repetitive head impacts from contact sports can include chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and white matter degeneration. White matter hyperintensities (WMH) on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI scans are often viewed as microvascular disease from vascular risk, but might have unique underlying pathologies and risk factors in the setting of repetitive head impacts. We investigated the neuropathologic correlates of antemortem WMH in brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts. The association between WMH and repetitive head impact exposure and informant-reported cognitive and daily function were tested. METHODS This imaging-pathologic correlation study included symptomatic male decedents exposed to repetitive head impacts. Donors had antemortem FLAIR scans from medical records and were without evidence of CNS neoplasm, large vessel infarcts, hemorrhage, or encephalomalacia. WMH were quantified using log-transformed values for total lesion volume (TLV), calculated using the lesion prediction algorithm from the Lesion Segmentation Toolbox. Neuropathologic assessments included semiquantitative ratings of white matter rarefaction, cerebrovascular disease, hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) severity (CTE stage, dorsolateral frontal cortex), and β-amyloid (Aβ). Among football players, years of play was a proxy for repetitive head impact exposure. Retrospective informant-reported cognitive and daily function were assessed using the Cognitive Difficulties Scale (CDS) and Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ). Regression models controlled for demographics, diabetes, hypertension, and MRI resolution. Statistical significance was defined as p ≤ 0.05. RESULTS The sample included 75 donors: 67 football players and 8 nonfootball contact sport athletes or military veterans. Dementia was the most common MRI indication (64%). Fifty-three (70.7%) had CTE at autopsy. Log TLV was associated with white matter rarefaction (odds ratio [OR] 2.32, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03, 5.24; p = 0.04), arteriolosclerosis (OR 2.38, 95% CI 1.02, 5.52; p = 0.04), CTE stage (OR 2.58, 95% CI 1.17, 5.71; p = 0.02), and dorsolateral frontal p-tau severity (OR 3.03, 95% CI 1.32, 6.97; p = 0.01). There was no association with Aβ. More years of football play was associated with log TLV (unstandardized β 0.04, 95% CI 0.01, 0.06; p = 0.01). Greater log TLV correlated with higher FAQ (unstandardized β 4.94, 95% CI 0.42, 8.57; p = 0.03) and CDS scores (unstandardized β 15.35, 95% CI -0.27, 30.97; p = 0.05). DISCUSSION WMH might capture long-term white matter pathologies from repetitive head impacts, including those from white matter rarefaction and p-tau, in addition to microvascular disease. Prospective imaging-pathologic correlation studies are needed. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE This study provides Class IV evidence of associations between FLAIR white matter hyperintensities and neuropathologic changes (white matter rarefaction, arteriolosclerosis, p-tau accumulation), years of American football play, and reported cognitive symptoms in symptomatic brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Madeline Uretsky
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Sylvain Bouix
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Ronald J Killiany
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Yorghos Tripodis
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Brett Martin
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Joseph Palmisano
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Asim Z Mian
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Karen Buch
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Chad Farris
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Daniel H Daneshvar
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Brigid Dwyer
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Lee Goldstein
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Douglas Katz
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Christopher Nowinski
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
| | - Robert Cantu
- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA
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- From the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology (M.U., R.J.K., Y.T., D.H.D., B.D., L.G., D.K., C.N., R.C., N.K., B.R.H., R.A.S., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M., J.M., M.L.A.), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (R.J.K., R.A.S.), Center for Biomedical Imaging (R.J.K.), Department of Radiology (A.Z.M., C.F.), Framingham Heart Study (C.F., T.D.S., A.M., J.M.), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (L.G., N.K., T.D.S., A.M.), Department of Psychiatry (L.G.), Department of Ophthalmology (L.G.), and Department of Neurosurgery (R.C., R.A.S.), Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (S.B.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Department of Biostatistics (Y.T.) and Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (B.M., J.P.), Boston University School of Public Health; Departments of Radiology (K.B.) and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (D.H.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital (B.D., D.K.); Department of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering (L.G.), Boston University College of Engineering; Concussion Legacy Foundation (C.N., R.C.), Boston; Department of Neurosurgery (R.C.), Emerson Hospital, Concord; VA Boston Healthcare System (B.R.H., V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), US Department of Veterans Affairs, Jamaica Plain; National Center for PTSD (B.R.H., V.E.A.), VA Boston Healthcare, Jamaica Plain; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (V.E.A., T.D.S., A.M.), Bedford, MA.
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Alosco ML, Mian AZ, Buch K, Farris CW, Uretsky M, Tripodis Y, Baucom Z, Martin B, Palmisano J, Puzo C, Ang TFA, Joshi P, Goldstein LE, Au R, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Nowinski C, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Huber BR, Alvarez VE, Stern RA, Stein TD, Killiany RJ, McKee AC, Mez J. Structural MRI profiles and tau correlates of atrophy in autopsy-confirmed CTE. Alzheimers Res Ther 2021; 13:193. [PMID: 34876229 PMCID: PMC8653514 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00928-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative tauopathy, cannot currently be diagnosed during life. Atrophy patterns on magnetic resonance imaging could be an effective in vivo biomarker of CTE, but have not been characterized. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in CTE are unknown. Here, we characterized macrostructural magnetic resonance imaging features of brain donors with autopsy-confirmed CTE. The association between hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) and atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging was examined. METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging scans were obtained by medical record requests for 55 deceased symptomatic men with autopsy-confirmed CTE and 31 men (n = 11 deceased) with normal cognition at the time of the scan, all >60 years Three neuroradiologists visually rated regional atrophy and microvascular disease (0 [none]-4 [severe]), microbleeds, and cavum septum pellucidum presence. Neuropathologists rated tau severity and atrophy at autopsy using semi-quantitative scales. RESULTS Compared to unimpaired males, donors with CTE (45/55=stage III/IV) had greater atrophy of the orbital-frontal (mean diff.=1.29), dorsolateral frontal (mean diff.=1.31), superior frontal (mean diff.=1.05), anterior temporal (mean diff.=1.57), and medial temporal lobes (mean diff.=1.60), and larger lateral (mean diff.=1.72) and third (mean diff.=0.80) ventricles, controlling for age at scan (ps<0.05). There were no effects for posterior atrophy or microvascular disease. Donors with CTE had increased odds of a cavum septum pellucidum (OR = 6.7, p < 0.05). Among donors with CTE, greater tau severity across 14 regions corresponded to greater atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging (beta = 0.68, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS These findings support frontal-temporal atrophy as a magnetic resonance imaging finding of CTE and show p-tau accumulation is associated with atrophy in CTE.
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- Michael L Alosco
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Departments of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- US Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- US Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- US Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- US Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- US Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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Tau seeding in chronic traumatic encephalopathy parallels disease severity. Acta Neuropathol 2021; 142:951-960. [PMID: 34626223 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-021-02373-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative tauopathy, is associated with behavioral, mood and cognitive impairment, including dementia. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases whose neuropathological phenotypes are characterized by distinct histopathologic features of tau pathology, which progressively deposit throughout the brain. In certain tauopathies, especially Alzheimer's disease (AD), tau deposition appears to follow brain network connections. Experimental evidence suggests that the progression of tau pathology in humans, mouse and cell models could be explained by tau seeds that adopt distinct conformations and serve as templates for their own amplification to mediate transcellular propagation of pathology. Tau seeds are efficiently detected by the induction of aggregation in cell-based "biosensors" that express tau repeat domain (RD) with a disease-associated mutation (P301S) fused to complementary fluorescent protein tags (cyan and yellow fluorescent protein). Biosensors enable quantification of tau seeding in fixed and fresh-frozen brain tissue. Phospho-tau deposition in CTE follows progressive stages (I-IV), but the relationship of seeding to this deposition is unclear. We have used an established biosensor assay to independently quantify tau seeding as compared to AT8 phospho-tau histopathology in thin sections of fixed tissues of 11 brain regions from 27 patients with CTE, 5 with other tauopathies, and 5 negative controls. In contrast to prior studies of AD, we detected tau seeding late in the course of CTE (predominantly stages III and IV). It was less anatomically prevalent than AT8-positive inclusions, which were relatively widespread. We especially observed seeding in the limbic system (amygdala, thalamus, basal ganglia), which may explain the dominant cognitive and behavior impairments that characterize CTE.
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Dams-O'Connor K, Bellgowan PSF, Corriveau R, Pugh MJ, Smith DH, Schneider JA, Whittaker K, Zetterberg H. Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias Summit 2019: National research priorities for the investigation of traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:3186-3194. [PMID: 34714152 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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TBI is a risk factor for later life dementia. Clinical and preclinical studies have elucidated multiple mechanisms through which TBI may influence or exacerbate multiple pathological processes underlying Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD). The National Institutes of Health hosts triennial ADRD Summits to inform a national research agenda, and the 2019 ADRD Summit was the first to highlight 'TBI and AD/ADRD Risk' as an emerging topic in the field. A multidisciplinary committee of TBI researchers with relevant expertise reviewed extant literature, identified research gaps and opportunities, and proposed draft research recommendations at the 2019 ADRD Summit. These research recommendations, further refined after broad stakeholder input at the Summit, cover four overall areas: (1) Encourage crosstalk and interdisciplinary collaboration between TBI and dementia researchers, (2) Establish infrastructure to study TBI as a risk factor for AD/ADRD, (3) Promote basic and clinical research examining the development and progression of TBI AD/ADRD neuropathologies and associated clinical symptoms, and (4) Characterize the clinical phenotype of progressive dementia associated with TBI and develop non-invasive diagnostic approaches. These recommendations recognize a need to strengthen communication and build frameworks to connect the complexity of TBI with rapidly evolving AD/ADRD research. Recommendations acknowledge TBI as a clinically and pathologically heterogeneous disease whose associations with AD/ADRDs remain incompletely understood. The recommendations highlight the scientific advantage of investigating AD/ADRD in the context of a known TBI exposure, the study of which can directly inform on disease mechanisms and treatment targets for AD/ADRDs with shared common pathways.
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- Kristen Dams-O'Connor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5925, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, New York, New York, United States.,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 5925, Department of Neurology, New York, New York, United States; kristen.dams-o'
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35046, Bethesda, Maryland, United States;
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35046, Bethesda, Maryland, United States;
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- The University of Utah School of Medicine, 12348, Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.,VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, 20122, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States;
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurosurgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States;
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- Rush University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Chicago, Illinois, United States;
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 35046, Bethesda, Maryland, United States;
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- Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, S-431 80 Mölndal, Sweden.,Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, S-431 80 Mölndal, Sweden.,UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Queen Square, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.,UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
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Schwab N, Leung E, Hazrati LN. Cellular Senescence in Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence and Perspectives. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:742632. [PMID: 34650425 PMCID: PMC8505896 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.742632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can lead to long-term neurological dysfunction and increase one's risk of neurodegenerative disease. Several repercussions of mTBI have been identified and well-studied, including neuroinflammation, gliosis, microgliosis, excitotoxicity, and proteinopathy – however the pathophysiological mechanisms activating these pathways after mTBI remains controversial and unclear. Emerging research suggests DNA damage-induced cellular senescence as a possible driver of mTBI-related sequalae. Cellular senescence is a state of chronic cell-cycle arrest and inflammation associated with physiological aging, mood disorders, dementia, and various neurodegenerative pathologies. This narrative review evaluates the existing studies which identify DNA damage or cellular senescence after TBI (including mild, moderate, and severe TBI) in both experimental animal models and human studies, and outlines how cellular senescence may functionally explain both the molecular and clinical manifestations of TBI. Studies on this subject clearly show accumulation of various forms of DNA damage (including oxidative damage, single-strand breaks, and double-strand breaks) and senescent cells after TBI, and indicate that cellular senescence may be an early event after TBI. Further studies are required to understand the role of sex, cell-type specific mechanisms, and temporal patterns, as senescence may be a pathway of interest to target for therapeutic purposes including prognosis and treatment.
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- Nicole Schwab
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Brady CB, Robey I, Stein TD, Huber BR, Riley J, Abdul Rauf N, Spencer KR, Walt G, Adams L, Averill JG, Walker S, McKee AC, Thomson SP, Kowall NW. The Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Biorepository: Supporting Research on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. Brain Sci 2021; 11:1349. [PMID: 34679413 PMCID: PMC8533803 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11101349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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AIMS To introduce a resource supporting research on Gulf War illness (GWI) and related disorders, the Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Biorepository (GWVIB). METHODS Gulf War era veterans (GWVs) are recruited nationally and enrolled via telephone and email/postal mail. Enrolled veterans receive annual telephone and mail follow-up to collect health data until their passing. A postmortem neuropathological examination is performed, and fixed and frozen brain and spinal cord samples are banked to support research. Investigators studying GWI and related disorders may request tissue and data from the GWVIB. RESULTS As of September 2021, 127 GWVs from 39 states were enrolled; 60 met the criteria for GWI, and 14 met the criteria for chronic multisymptom illness (CMI). Enrollees have been followed up to six years. Postmortem tissue recoveries were performed on 14 GWVs. The most commonly found neuropathologies included amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and Lewy body disease. Tissue was of good quality with an average RNA integrity number of 5.8 (SD = 1.0) and ≥4.8 in all of the cases. DISCUSSION The availability of health data and high-quality CNS tissue from this well-characterized GWV cohort will support research on GWI and related disorders affecting GWVs. Enrollment is ongoing.
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- Christopher B. Brady
- Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (J.R.); (N.A.R.); (K.R.S.); (G.W.); (L.A.)
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA; (B.R.H.); (N.W.K.)
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ 85723, USA; (I.R.); (J.G.A.); (S.W.); (S.P.T.)
- Department of Endocrinology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Pathology Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (T.D.S.); (A.C.M.)
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA; (B.R.H.); (N.W.K.)
- Pathology Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (T.D.S.); (A.C.M.)
- National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
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- Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (J.R.); (N.A.R.); (K.R.S.); (G.W.); (L.A.)
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- Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (J.R.); (N.A.R.); (K.R.S.); (G.W.); (L.A.)
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- Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (J.R.); (N.A.R.); (K.R.S.); (G.W.); (L.A.)
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- Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (J.R.); (N.A.R.); (K.R.S.); (G.W.); (L.A.)
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- Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (J.R.); (N.A.R.); (K.R.S.); (G.W.); (L.A.)
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- Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ 85723, USA; (I.R.); (J.G.A.); (S.W.); (S.P.T.)
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- Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ 85723, USA; (I.R.); (J.G.A.); (S.W.); (S.P.T.)
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- Pathology Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA; (T.D.S.); (A.C.M.)
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, AZ 85723, USA; (I.R.); (J.G.A.); (S.W.); (S.P.T.)
- Department of Endocrinology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA; (B.R.H.); (N.W.K.)
- Neurology Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
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Panitch R, Hu J, Chung J, Zhu C, Meng G, Xia W, Bennett DA, Lunetta KL, Ikezu T, Au R, Stein TD, Farrer LA, Jun GR. Integrative brain transcriptome analysis links complement component 4 and HSPA2 to the APOE ε2 protective effect in Alzheimer disease. Mol Psychiatry 2021; 26:6054-6064. [PMID: 34480088 PMCID: PMC8758485 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01266-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Mechanisms underlying the protective effect of apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε2 against Alzheimer disease (AD) are not well understood. We analyzed gene expression data derived from autopsied brains donated by 982 individuals including 135 APOE ɛ2/ɛ3 carriers. Complement pathway genes C4A and C4B were among the most significantly differentially expressed genes between ɛ2/ɛ3 AD cases and controls. We also identified an APOE ε2/ε3 AD-specific co-expression network enriched for astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and oligodendrocyte progenitor cells containing the genes C4A, C4B, and HSPA2. These genes were significantly associated with the ratio of phosphorylated tau at position 231 to total Tau but not with amyloid-β 42 level, suggesting this APOE ɛ2 related co-expression network may primarily be involved with tau pathology. HSPA2 expression was oligodendrocyte-specific and significantly associated with C4B protein. Our findings provide the first evidence of a crucial role of the complement pathway in the protective effect of APOE ε2 for AD.
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- Rebecca Panitch
- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Hevin-calcyon interaction promotes synaptic reorganization after brain injury. Cell Death Differ 2021; 28:2571-2588. [PMID: 33753902 PMCID: PMC8408247 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-021-00772-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Hevin, also known as SPARC-like protein 1 (SPARCL1 or SC1), is a synaptogenic protein secreted by astrocytes and modulates the formation of glutamatergic synapses in the developing brain by interacting with synaptic adhesion proteins, such as neurexin and neuroligin. Here, we identified the neuron-specific vesicular protein calcyon as a novel interaction partner of hevin and demonstrated that this interaction played a pivotal role in synaptic reorganization after an injury in the mature brain. Astrocytic hevin was upregulated post-injury in a photothrombotic stroke model. Hevin was fragmented by MMP3 induced during the acute stage of brain injury, and this process was associated with severe gliosis. At the late stage, the functional hevin level was restored as MMP3 expression decreased. The C-terminus of hevin interacted with the N-terminus of calcyon. By using RNAi and binding competitor peptides in an ischemic brain injury model, we showed that this interaction was crucial in synaptic and functional recoveries in the sensory-motor cortex, based on histological and electrophysiological analyses. Regulated expression of hevin and calcyon and interaction between them were confirmed in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury and patients with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Our study provides direct evidence for the causal relationship between the hevin-calcyon interaction and synaptic reorganization after brain injury. This neuron-glia interaction can be exploited to modulate synaptic reorganization under various neurological conditions.
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Alosco ML, Mariani ML, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Au R, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Bouix S, Cantu RC, Coleman MJ, Dodick DW, Farrer LA, Geda YE, Katz DI, Koerte IK, Kowall NW, Lin AP, Marcus DS, Marek KL, McClean MD, McKee AC, Mez J, Palmisano JN, Peskind ER, Tripodis Y, Turner RW, Wethe JV, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Shenton ME, Stern RA. Developing methods to detect and diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy during life: rationale, design, and methodology for the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project. Alzheimers Res Ther 2021; 13:136. [PMID: 34384490 PMCID: PMC8357968 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00872-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease that has been neuropathologically diagnosed in brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts, including boxers and American football, soccer, ice hockey, and rugby players. CTE cannot yet be diagnosed during life. In December 2015, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded a seven-year grant (U01NS093334) to fund the "Diagnostics, Imaging, and Genetics Network for the Objective Study and Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (DIAGNOSE CTE) Research Project." The objectives of this multicenter project are to: develop in vivo fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers for CTE; characterize its clinical presentation; refine and validate clinical research diagnostic criteria (i.e., traumatic encephalopathy syndrome [TES]); examine repetitive head impact exposure, genetic, and other risk factors; and provide shared resources of anonymized data and biological samples to the research community. In this paper, we provide a detailed overview of the rationale, design, and methods for the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project. METHODS The targeted sample and sample size was 240 male participants, ages 45-74, including 120 former professional football players, 60 former collegiate football players, and 60 asymptomatic participants without a history of head trauma or participation in organized contact sports. Participants were evaluated at one of four U.S. sites and underwent the following baseline procedures: neurological and neuropsychological examinations; tau and amyloid positron emission tomography; magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy; lumbar puncture; blood and saliva collection; and standardized self-report measures of neuropsychiatric, cognitive, and daily functioning. Study partners completed similar informant-report measures. Follow-up evaluations were intended to be in-person and at 3 years post-baseline. Multidisciplinary diagnostic consensus conferences are held, and the reliability and validity of TES diagnostic criteria are examined. RESULTS Participant enrollment and all baseline evaluations were completed in February 2020. Three-year follow-up evaluations began in October 2019. However, in-person evaluation ceased with the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed as remote, 4-year follow-up evaluations (including telephone-, online-, and videoconference-based cognitive, neuropsychiatric, and neurologic examinations, as well as in-home blood draw) in February 2021. CONCLUSIONS Findings from the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project should facilitate detection and diagnosis of CTE during life, and thereby accelerate research on risk factors, mechanisms, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of CTE. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT02798185.
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- Michael L Alosco
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, Population Health and Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Framingham Heart Study, and Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Departments of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Neurology, Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, BU Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Program, Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- cBRAIN, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Clinical Spectroscopy, Department of Radiology, Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Invicro, LLC, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Framingham Heart Study, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- VA Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Research & Leadership, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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- Banner Alzheimer's Institute, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Translational Genomics Research Institute, and Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Pugh MJ, Kennedy E, Prager EM, Humpherys J, Dams-O'Connor K, Hack D, McCafferty MK, Wolfe J, Yaffe K, McCrea M, Ferguson AR, Lancashire L, Ghajar J, Lumba-Brown A. Phenotyping the Spectrum of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review and Pathway to Standardization. J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:3222-3234. [PMID: 33858210 PMCID: PMC8917880 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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It is widely appreciated that the spectrum of traumatic brain injury (TBI), mild through severe, contains distinct clinical presentations, variably referred to as subtypes, phenotypes, and/or clinical profiles. As part of the Brain Trauma Blueprint TBI State of the Science, we review the current literature on TBI phenotyping with an emphasis on unsupervised methodological approaches, and describe five phenotypes that appear similar across reports. However, we also find the literature contains divergent analysis strategies, inclusion criteria, findings, and use of terms. Further, whereas some studies delineate phenotypes within a specific severity of TBI, others derive phenotypes across the full spectrum of severity. Together, these facts confound direct synthesis of the findings. To overcome this, we introduce PhenoBench, a freely available code repository for the standardization and evaluation of raw phenotyping data. With this review and toolset, we provide a pathway toward robust, data-driven phenotypes that can capture the heterogeneity of TBI, enabling reproducible insights and targeted care.
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- Mary Jo Pugh
- Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center, VA Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center, VA Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center, VA Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Cohen Veterans Bioscience, New York, New York, USA
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- Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center, VA Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, California, USA.,San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, California, USA.,San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health System, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.,Brain Performance Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.,Brain Performance Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Anderson EN, Morera AA, Kour S, Cherry JD, Ramesh N, Gleixner A, Schwartz JC, Ebmeier C, Old W, Donnelly CJ, Cheng JP, Kline AE, Kofler J, Stein TD, Pandey UB. Traumatic injury compromises nucleocytoplasmic transport and leads to TDP-43 pathology. eLife 2021; 10:e67587. [PMID: 34060470 PMCID: PMC8169113 DOI: 10.7554/elife.67587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a predisposing factor for many neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Although defects in nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT) is reported ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, whether defects in NCT occur in TBI remains unknown. We performed proteomic analysis on Drosophila exposed to repeated TBI and identified resultant alterations in several novel molecular pathways. TBI upregulated nuclear pore complex (NPC) and nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT) proteins as well as alter nucleoporin stability. Traumatic injury disrupted RanGAP1 and NPC protein distribution in flies and a rat model and led to coaggregation of NPC components and TDP-43. In addition, trauma-mediated NCT defects and lethality are rescued by nuclear export inhibitors. Importantly, genetic upregulation of nucleoporins in vivo and in vitro triggered TDP-43 cytoplasmic mislocalization, aggregation, and altered solubility and reduced motor function and lifespan of animals. We also found NUP62 pathology and elevated NUP62 concentrations in postmortem brain tissues of patients with mild or severe CTE as well as co-localization of NUP62 and TDP-43 in CTE. These findings indicate that TBI leads to NCT defects, which potentially mediate the TDP-43 pathology in CTE.
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- Eric N Anderson
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of ArizonaTucsonUnited States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of MedicineBostonUnited States
- Boston VA Healthcare SystemBostonUnited States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghUnited States
- LiveLike Lou Center for ALS Research, Brain Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of ArizonaTucsonUnited States
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of ColoradoBoulderUnited States
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- Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of ColoradoBoulderUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghUnited States
- LiveLike Lou Center for ALS Research, Brain Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghUnited States
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
- Center for Neuroscience; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition; Critical Care Medicine, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Pathology, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of MedicineBostonUnited States
- Boston VA Healthcare SystemBostonUnited States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburghUnited States
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Public HealthPittsburghUnited States
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Katz DI, Bernick C, Dodick DW, Mez J, Mariani ML, Adler CH, Alosco ML, Balcer LJ, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Brody DL, Cantu RC, Dams-O'Connor K, Geda YE, Jordan BD, McAllister TW, Peskind ER, Petersen RC, Wethe JV, Zafonte RD, Foley ÉM, Babcock DJ, Koroshetz WJ, Tripodis Y, McKee AC, Shenton ME, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome. Neurology 2021; 96:848-863. [PMID: 33722990 PMCID: PMC8166432 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000011850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To develop evidence-informed, expert consensus research diagnostic criteria for traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES), the clinical disorder associated with neuropathologically diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). METHODS A panel of 20 expert clinician-scientists in neurology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, from 11 academic institutions, participated in a modified Delphi procedure to achieve consensus, initiated at the First National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Consensus Workshop to Define the Diagnostic Criteria for TES, April, 2019. Before consensus, panelists reviewed evidence from all published cases of CTE with neuropathologic confirmation, and they examined the predictive validity data on clinical features in relation to CTE pathology from a large clinicopathologic study (n = 298). RESULTS Consensus was achieved in 4 rounds of the Delphi procedure. Diagnosis of TES requires (1) substantial exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHIs) from contact sports, military service, or other causes; (2) core clinical features of cognitive impairment (in episodic memory and/or executive functioning) and/or neurobehavioral dysregulation; (3) a progressive course; and (4) that the clinical features are not fully accounted for by any other neurologic, psychiatric, or medical conditions. For those meeting criteria for TES, functional dependence is graded on 5 levels, ranging from independent to severe dementia. A provisional level of certainty for CTE pathology is determined based on specific RHI exposure thresholds, core clinical features, functional status, and additional supportive features, including delayed onset, motor signs, and psychiatric features. CONCLUSIONS New consensus diagnostic criteria for TES were developed with a primary goal of facilitating future CTE research. These criteria will be revised as updated clinical and pathologic information and in vivo biomarkers become available.
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- Douglas I. Katz
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
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- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
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- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
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- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
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- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
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- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Michael L. Alosco
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Laura J. Balcer
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Sarah J. Banks
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - William B. Barr
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - David L. Brody
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Robert C. Cantu
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Kristen Dams-O'Connor
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Yonas E. Geda
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Barry D. Jordan
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Thomas W. McAllister
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Elaine R. Peskind
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Ronald C. Petersen
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Jennifer V. Wethe
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Ross D. Zafonte
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Éimear M. Foley
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Debra J. Babcock
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Walter J. Koroshetz
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Yorghos Tripodis
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Ann C. McKee
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Martha E. Shenton
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Jeffrey L. Cummings
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
| | - Eric M. Reiman
- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
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- From the Boston University CTE Center (D.I.K.), Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston; Brain Injury Program (D.I.K.), Encompass Health Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA; University of Washington Memory & Brain Wellness Clinic (C.B.), Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Department of Neurology (D.W.D., C.H.A.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Boston University CTE Center (J.M., M.L.A.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Boston University CTE Center (M.L.M.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Neurology (L.J.B.), Ophthalmology, and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Departments of Neurosciences and Psychiatry University of California San Diego (S.J.B.), La Jolla; Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.B.B.), New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (D.L.B.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Neurology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (R.C.C.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology (K.D.-O.C.), Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York; Department of Neurology (Y.E.G.), Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ; Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (B.D.J.), Downey, CA; Department of Neurology (B.D.J.), Keck School of Medicine of USC. Los Angeles, CA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (T.W.M.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Veterans Affairs Northwest Mental Illness (E.R.P.), Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (E.R.P.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (R.C.P.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (J.V.W.), Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (R.D.Z.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (É.M.F.), Maastricht University, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (D.J.B.), National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (W.J.K.), Bethesda, MD; Boston University CTE Center (Y.T.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health; Boston University CTE Center (A.C.M.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; VA Boston Healthcare System (A.C.M.), US Department of Veteran Affairs, MA; Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (M.E.S.), Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience (J.L.C.), Department of Brain Health, University of Nevada School of Integrated Health Sciences; Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (J.L.C.), Las Vegas, NV; Banner Alzheimer's Institute (E.M.R.), Arizona State University; Department of Psychiatry (E.M.R.), University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; and Boston University CTE Center (R.A.S.), Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA
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Mez J, Alosco ML, Daneshvar DH, Saltiel N, Baucom Z, Abdolmohammadi B, Uretsky M, Nicks R, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Nowinski CJ, Montenigro P, Solomon TM, Mahar I, Cherry JD, Alvarez VE, Dwyer B, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Tripodis Y, Huber BR, Stein TD, Stern RA, McKee AC. Validity of the 2014 traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria for CTE pathology. Alzheimers Dement 2021; 17:1709-1724. [PMID: 33826224 PMCID: PMC8596795 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Introduction Validity of the 2014 traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES) criteria, proposed to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in life, has not been assessed. Methods A total of 336 consecutive brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts from contact sports, military service, and/or physical violence were included. Blinded to clinical information, neuropathologists applied National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering CTE criteria. Blinded to neuropathological information, clinicians interviewed informants and reviewed medical records. An expert panel adjudicated TES diagnoses. Results A total of 309 donors were diagnosed with TES; 244 donors had CTE pathology. TES criteria demonstrated sensitivity and specificity of 0.97 and 0.21, respectively. Cognitive (odds ratio [OR] = 3.6; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2–5.1), but not mood/behavior or motor symptoms, were significantly associated with CTE pathology. Having Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology was significantly associated with reduced TES accuracy (OR = 0.27; 95% CI: 0.12–0.59). Discussion TES criteria provided good evidence to rule out, but limited evidence to rule in, CTE pathology. Requiring cognitive symptoms in revised criteria and using AD biomarkers may improve CTE pathology prediction.
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- Jesse Mez
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Boston University Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Biostatistics & Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Biostatistics & Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neuropsychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc, Aliso Viejo, California, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Departments of Biomedical, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Boston University Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Alosco ML, Culhane J, Mez J. Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Targets for the Academic Memory Disorders Clinic. Neurotherapeutics 2021; 18:772-791. [PMID: 33847906 PMCID: PMC8423967 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-021-01028-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with exposure to repetitive head impacts, such as those from contact sports. The pathognomonic lesion for CTE is the perivascular accumulation of hyper-phosphorylated tau in neurons and other cell process at the depths of sulci. CTE cannot be diagnosed during life at this time, limiting research on risk factors, mechanisms, epidemiology, and treatment. There is an urgent need for in vivo biomarkers that can accurately detect CTE and differentiate it from other neurological disorders. Neuroimaging is an integral component of the clinical evaluation of neurodegenerative diseases and will likely aid in diagnosing CTE during life. In this qualitative review, we present the current evidence on neuroimaging biomarkers for CTE with a focus on molecular, structural, and functional modalities routinely used as part of a dementia evaluation. Supporting imaging-pathological correlation studies are also presented. We targeted neuroimaging studies of living participants at high risk for CTE (e.g., aging former elite American football players, fighters). We conclude that an optimal tau PET radiotracer with high affinity for the 3R/4R neurofibrillary tangles in CTE has not yet been identified. Amyloid PET scans have tended to be negative. Converging structural and functional imaging evidence together with neuropathological evidence show frontotemporal and medial temporal lobe neurodegeneration, and increased likelihood for a cavum septum pellucidum. The literature offers promising neuroimaging biomarker targets of CTE, but it is limited by cross-sectional studies of small samples where the presence of underlying CTE is unknown. Imaging-pathological correlation studies will be important for the development and validation of neuroimaging biomarkers of CTE.
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- Michael L Alosco
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord St, Suite B7800, MA, 02118, Boston, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord St, Suite B7800, MA, 02118, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord St, Suite B7800, MA, 02118, Boston, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, Boston, USA
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Kim JH, Afridi R, Han J, Jung HG, Kim SC, Hwang EM, Shim HS, Ryu H, Choe Y, Hoe HS, Suk K. Gamma subunit of complement component 8 is a neuroinflammation inhibitor. Brain 2021; 144:528-552. [PMID: 33382892 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The complement system is part of the innate immune system that comprises several small proteins activated by sequential cleavages. The majority of these complement components, such as components 3a (C3a) and C5a, are chemotactic and pro-inflammatory. However, in this study, we revealed an inhibitory role of complement component 8 gamma (C8G) in neuroinflammation. In patients with Alzheimer's disease, who exhibit strong neuroinflammation, we found higher C8G levels in brain tissue, CSF, and plasma. Our novel findings also showed that the expression level of C8G increases in the inflamed mouse brain, and that C8G is mainly localized to brain astrocytes. Experiments using recombinant C8G protein and shRNA-mediated knockdown showed that C8G inhibits glial hyperactivation, neuroinflammation, and cognitive decline in acute and chronic animal models of Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, we identified sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 2 (S1PR2) as a novel interaction protein of C8G and demonstrated that astrocyte-derived C8G interacts with S1PR2 to antagonize the pro-inflammatory action of S1P in microglia. Taken together, our results reveal the previously unrecognized role of C8G as a neuroinflammation inhibitor. Our findings pave the way towards therapeutic containment of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease and related neurological diseases.
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- Jong-Heon Kim
- Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuromedicine and Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
- School of Biosystems and Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Science, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuromedicine and Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
- School of Biosystems and Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Science, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuromedicine and Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Neuromedicine and Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Neuromedicine and Neuroscience, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center and Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Brain Science and Engineering Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Edlow BL, Claassen J, Schiff ND, Greer DM. Recovery from disorders of consciousness: mechanisms, prognosis and emerging therapies. Nat Rev Neurol 2021; 17:135-156. [PMID: 33318675 PMCID: PMC7734616 DOI: 10.1038/s41582-020-00428-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 78.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Substantial progress has been made over the past two decades in detecting, predicting and promoting recovery of consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) caused by severe brain injuries. Advanced neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques have revealed new insights into the biological mechanisms underlying recovery of consciousness and have enabled the identification of preserved brain networks in patients who seem unresponsive, thus raising hope for more accurate diagnosis and prognosis. Emerging evidence suggests that covert consciousness, or cognitive motor dissociation (CMD), is present in up to 15-20% of patients with DoC and that detection of CMD in the intensive care unit can predict functional recovery at 1 year post injury. Although fundamental questions remain about which patients with DoC have the potential for recovery, novel pharmacological and electrophysiological therapies have shown the potential to reactivate injured neural networks and promote re-emergence of consciousness. In this Review, we focus on mechanisms of recovery from DoC in the acute and subacute-to-chronic stages, and we discuss recent progress in detecting and predicting recovery of consciousness. We also describe the developments in pharmacological and electrophysiological therapies that are creating new opportunities to improve the lives of patients with DoC.
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- Brian L Edlow
- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Feil Family Brain Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Rossetti H, Lacritz L, Cullum CM. Frequency and Predictors of Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Prospective Cohort of Retired Professional Athletes. Front Neurol 2021; 12:617526. [PMID: 33708171 PMCID: PMC7940833 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.617526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES) is proposed to represent the long-term impact of repetitive head-injury exposure and the clinical manifestation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of TES in a cohort of retired professional contact sport athletes, compare the frequency of TES to clinical consensus diagnoses, and identify predictors that increase the likelihood of TES diagnosis. Participants were 85 retired professional contact sport athletes from a prospective cohort at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Texas at Dallas. Participants ranged in age from 23 to 79 (M = 55.95, SD = 13.82) and obtained 7 to 19 years of education (M = 16.08, SD = 1.03). Retirees were either non-Hispanic white (n = 62) or African-American (n = 23). Retired athletes underwent a standard clinical evaluation, which included a clinical interview, neurological exam, neuroimaging, neuropsychological testing, and consensus diagnosis of normal, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia. TES criteria were applied to all 85 athletes, and frequencies of diagnoses were compared. Fourteen predictors of TES diagnosis were evaluated using binary logistic regressions, and included demographic, neuropsychological, depression symptoms, and head-injury exposure variables. A high frequency (56%) of TES was observed among this cohort of retired athletes, but 54% of those meeting criteria for TES were diagnosed as cognitively normal via consensus diagnosis. Games played in the National Football League (OR = 0.993, p = 0.087), number of concussions (OR = 1.020, p = 0.532), number of concussions with loss of consciousness (OR = 1.141 p = 0.188), and years playing professionally (OR = 0.976, p = 0.627) were not associated with TES diagnosis. Degree of depressive symptomatology, as measured by the total score on the Beck Depression Inventory-II, was the only predictor of TES diagnosis (OR = 1.297, p < 0.001). Our results add to previous findings underscoring the risk for false positive diagnosis, highlight the limitations of the TES criteria in clinical and research settings, and question the relationship between TES and head-injury exposure. Future research is needed to examine depression in retired professional athletes.
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- Jeff Schaffert
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.,Callier Center, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States.,Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.,Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.,Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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Arciniega H, Shires J, Furlong S, Kilgore-Gomez A, Cerreta A, Murray NG, Berryhill ME. Impaired visual working memory and reduced connectivity in undergraduates with a history of mild traumatic brain injury. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2789. [PMID: 33531546 PMCID: PMC7854733 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-80995-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, accounts for 85% of all TBIs. Yet survivors anticipate full cognitive recovery within several months of injury, if not sooner, dependent upon the specific outcome/measure. Recovery is variable and deficits in executive function, e.g., working memory (WM) can persist years post-mTBI. We tested whether cognitive deficits persist in otherwise healthy undergraduates, as a conservative indicator for mTBI survivors at large. We collected WM performance (change detection, n-back tasks) using various stimuli (shapes, locations, letters; aurally presented numbers and letters), and wide-ranging cognitive assessments (e.g., RBANS). We replicated the observation of a general visual WM deficit, with preserved auditory WM. Surprisingly, visual WM deficits were equivalent in participants with a history of mTBI (mean 4.3 years post-injury) and in undergraduates with recent sports-related mTBI (mean 17 days post-injury). In seeking the underlying mechanism of these behavioral deficits, we collected resting state fMRI (rsfMRI) and EEG (rsEEG). RsfMRI revealed significantly reduced connectivity within WM-relevant networks (default mode, central executive, dorsal attention, salience), whereas rsEEG identified no differences (modularity, global efficiency, local efficiency). In summary, otherwise healthy current undergraduates with a history of mTBI present behavioral deficits with evidence of persistent disconnection long after full recovery is expected.
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- Hector Arciniega
- Department of Psychology, Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and Integrative Neuroscience, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., MS 296, Reno, NV, 89557, USA.
- Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and Integrative Neuroscience, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., MS 296, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and Integrative Neuroscience, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., MS 296, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and Integrative Neuroscience, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., MS 296, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and Integrative Neuroscience, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., MS 296, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
- School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, 89557, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Programs in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and Integrative Neuroscience, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., MS 296, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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Due to the growing number of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) cases in the military and contact sports, defining the cellular and molecular substrate of this disorder is crucial. Most classic neuropathological investigations describe cortical tau and, to a lesser extent, amyloid lesions, which may underlie the clinical sequela associated with CTE. The application of modern molecular biologic technology to postmortem human brain tissue has made it possible to evaluate the genetic signature of specific neuronal phenotypes at different stages of CTE pathology. Most recently, molecular pathobiology has been used in the field of CTE, with an emphasis on the cholinergic neurons located within the nucleus basalis of Meynert, which develop tau pathology and are associated with cognitive dysfunction similar to that found in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Quantitative findings derived from single-cell transcript investigations provide clues to our understanding of the selective vulnerability of neurons containing AD-like tau pathology at different stages of CTE. Since human tissue-based studies provide a gold standard for the field of CTE, continued molecular pathological studies are needed to reveal novel drug targets for the treatment of this disorder.
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Cherry JD, Meng G, Daley S, Xia W, Svirsky S, Alvarez VE, Nicks R, Pothast M, Kelley H, Huber B, Tripodis Y, Alosco ML, Mez J, McKee AC, Stein TD. CCL2 is associated with microglia and macrophage recruitment in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. J Neuroinflammation 2020; 17:370. [PMID: 33278887 PMCID: PMC7718711 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-020-02036-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Neuroinflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurodegenerative disease association with exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHI) received though playing contact sports such as American football. Past work has implicated early and sustained activation of microglia as a potential driver of tau pathology within the frontal cortex in CTE. However, the RHI induced signals required to recruit microglia to areas of damage and pathology are unknown. Methods Postmortem brain tissue was obtained from 261 individuals across multiple brain banks. Comparisons were made using cases with CTE, cases with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and cases with no neurodegenerative disease and lacked exposure to RHI (controls). Recruitment of Iba1+ cells around the CTE perivascular lesion was compared to non-lesion vessels. TMEM119 staining was used to characterize microglia or macrophage involvement. The potent chemoattractant CCL2 was analyzed using frozen tissue from the dorsolateral frontal cortex (DLFC) and the calcarine cortex. Finally, the amounts of hyperphosphorylated tau (pTau) and Aβ42 were compared to CCL2 levels to examine possible mechanistic pathways. Results An increase in Iba1+ cells was found around blood vessels with perivascular tau pathology compared to non-affected vessels in individuals with RHI. TMEM119 staining revealed the majority of the Iba1+ cells were microglia. CCL2 protein levels in the DLFC were found to correlate with greater years of playing American football, the density of Iba1+ cells, the density of CD68+ cells, and increased CTE severity. When comparing across multiple brain regions, CCL2 increases were more pronounced in the DLFC than the calcarine cortex in cases with RHI but not in AD. When examining the individual contribution of pathogenic proteins to CCL2 changes, pTau correlated with CCL2, independent of age at death and Aβ42 in AD and CTE. Although levels of Aβ42 were not correlated with CCL2 in cases with CTE, in males in the AD group, Aβ42 trended toward an inverse relationship with CCL2 suggesting possible gender associations. Conclusion Overall, CCL2 is implicated in the pathways recruiting microglia and the development of pTau pathology after exposure to RHI, and may represent a future therapeutic target in CTE.
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- Jonathan D Cherry
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. .,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. .,Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. .,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.,National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. .,Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. .,VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130, USA. .,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA.
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Adams JW, Alosco ML, Mez J, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Kubilius C, Cormier KA, Mathais R, Nicks R, Kelley HJ, Saltiel N, Uretsky M, Nair E, Aytan N, Cherry JD, Nowinski CJ, Kowall NW, Goldstein LE, Dwyer B, Katz DI, Cantu RC, Stern RA, McKee AC, Stein TD. Association of probable REM sleep behavior disorder with pathology and years of contact sports play in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Acta Neuropathol 2020; 140:851-862. [PMID: 32939646 PMCID: PMC7669574 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-020-02206-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Probable rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (pRBD) is a synucleinopathy-associated parasomnia in which loss of REM sleep muscle atonia results in motor behavior during REM sleep, including dream enactment. Traumatic brain injury is independently associated with increased risk of pRBD and Lewy body disease, and both pRBD and Lewy body disease are often observed in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). However, the frequency and pathological substrate of pRBD in CTE have not been formally studied and remain unknown. Of the total sample of 247 men, age at death of 63.1 ± 18.8 years (mean ± SD), 80 [32%] were determined by informant report to have symptoms of pRBD. These participants had played more years of contact sports (18.3 ± 11.4) than those without pRBD (15.1 ± 6.5; P = 0.02) and had an increased frequency of Lewy body disease (26/80 [33%] vs 28/167 [17%], P = 0.005). Of the 80 participants with pRBD, 54 [68%] did not have Lewy body disease; these participants were more likely to have neurofibrillary tangles and pretangles in the dorsal and median raphe (41 of 49 [84%] non-LBD participants with pRBD symptoms vs 90 of 136 [66%] non-LBD participants without pRBD symptoms, P = 0.02), brainstem nuclei with sleep regulatory function. Binary logistic regression modeling in the total study sample showed that pRBD in CTE was associated with dorsal and median raphe nuclei neurofibrillary tangles (OR = 3.96, 95% CI [1.43, 10.96], P = 0.008), Lewy body pathology (OR = 2.36, 95% CI [1.18, 4.72], P = 0.02), and years of contact sports participation (OR = 1.04, 95% CI [1.00, 1.08], P = 0.04). Overall, pRBD in CTE is associated with increased years of contact sports participation and may be attributable to Lewy body and brainstem tau pathologies.
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- Jason W Adams
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Brain Injury Program, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Brain Injury Program, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
- VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA.
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Alosco ML, Cherry JD, Huber BR, Tripodis Y, Baucom Z, Kowall NW, Saltiel N, Goldstein LE, Katz DI, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Cantu RC, Stern RA, Alvarez VE, Mez J, Stein TD, McKee AC. Characterizing tau deposition in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): utility of the McKee CTE staging scheme. Acta Neuropathol 2020; 140:495-512. [PMID: 32778942 PMCID: PMC7914059 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-020-02197-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a tauopathy associated with repetitive head impacts (RHI) that has been neuropathologically diagnosed in American football players and other contact sport athletes. In 2013, McKee and colleagues proposed a staging scheme for characterizing the severity of the hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) pathology, the McKee CTE staging scheme. The staging scheme defined four pathological stages of CTE, stages I(mild)-IV(severe), based on the density and regional deposition of p-tau. The objective of this study was to test the utility of the McKee CTE staging scheme, and provide a detailed examination of the regional distribution of p-tau in CTE. We examined the relationship between the McKee CTE staging scheme and semi-quantitative and quantitative assessments of regional p-tau pathology, age at death, dementia, and years of American football play among 366 male brain donors neuropathologically diagnosed with CTE (mean age 61.86, SD 18.90). Spearman's rho correlations showed that higher CTE stage was associated with higher scores on all semi-quantitative and quantitative assessments of p-tau severity and density (p's < 0.001). The severity and distribution of CTE p-tau followed an age-dependent progression: older age was associated with increased odds for having a higher CTE stage (p < 0.001). CTE stage was independently associated with increased odds for dementia (p < 0.001). K-medoids cluster analysis of the semi-quantitative scales of p-tau across 14 regions identified 5 clusters of p-tau that conformed to increasing CTE stage (stage IV had 2 slightly different clusters), age at death, dementia, and years of American football play. There was a predilection for p-tau pathology in five regions: dorsolateral frontal cortex (DLF), superior temporal cortex, entorhinal cortex, amygdala, and locus coeruleus (LC), with CTE in the youngest brain donors and lowest CTE stage restricted to DLF and LC. These findings support the usefulness of the McKee CTE staging scheme and demonstrate the regional distribution of p-tau in CTE.
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- Michael L Alosco
- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
- VA Boston Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA.
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA.
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Lesman-Segev OH, Edwards L, Rabinovici GD. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Comparison with Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia. Semin Neurol 2020; 40:394-410. [PMID: 32820492 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The clinical diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is challenging due to heterogeneous clinical presentations and overlap with other neurodegenerative dementias. Depending on the clinical presentation, the differential diagnosis of CTE includes Alzheimer's disease (AD), behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, primary mood disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychotic disorders. The aim of this article is to compare the clinical aspects, genetics, fluid biomarkers, imaging, treatment, and pathology of CTE to those of AD and bvFTD. A detailed clinical evaluation, neurocognitive assessment, and structural brain imaging can inform the differential diagnosis, while molecular biomarkers can help exclude underlying AD pathology. Prospective studies that include clinicopathological correlations are needed to establish tools that can more accurately determine the cause of neuropsychiatric decline in patients at risk for CTE.
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- Orit H Lesman-Segev
- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.,Weill Neuroscience Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Mariani M, Alosco ML, Mez J, Stern RA. Clinical Presentation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Semin Neurol 2020; 40:370-383. [PMID: 32740900 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive head impacts (RHI), such as those received in contact/collision sports, blast injury in military veterans, and domestic violence. Currently, CTE can only be diagnosed following death. Although the clinical features of former boxers have been described for almost a century, and there is increasing evidence of long-term cognitive and neuropsychiatric impairments in living former American football players, the specific clinical presentation associated with underlying CTE neuropathology remains unclear. These features include diverse and nonspecific changes in cognition, mood, behavior, and motor functioning. Currently, there are no validated and widely accepted clinical diagnostic criteria. Proposed criteria are primarily based on retrospective telephonic interviews with the next of kin of individuals who were diagnosed with CTE postmortem. Prospective studies involving individuals presumably at high risk for CTE are underway; these will hopefully clarify the clinical features and course of CTE, allow the diagnostic criteria to be refined, and lead to the development and validation of in vivo biomarkers. This article reviews what is currently known about the clinical presentation of CTE and describes the evolution of this knowledge from early case reports of "punch drunk" boxers through larger case series of neuropathologically confirmed CTE. This article concludes with a discussion of gaps in research and future directions to address these areas.
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- Megan Mariani
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center and Boston University CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Uretsky M, Nowinski CJ. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Advocacy and Communicating with the Public. Semin Neurol 2020; 40:461-468. [PMID: 32712947 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
Over the past 40 years, advocacy groups have been instrumental in raising awareness for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. More recently, advocates have emerged to educate about sports concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), including the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF). CTE is a neurodegenerative disease caused in part by repetitive head impacts (RHI). While the majority of CTE research has focused on studying former American football players, CTE has also been found in military personnel, victims of domestic violence, and contact sport athletes from high school to professional levels of play. Advocates' many goals include creating a culture of brain donation and modifying youth contact sports to decrease RHI. Here, we provide the first review of CTE advocacy, summarize the accomplishments of the CLF, and consider the connections between CTE advocacy, research, and legislation over the last decade.
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Affiliation(s)
- Madeline Uretsky
- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.,Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.,Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA
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