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Neurochemical Aftermath of Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s) -
Pashtun Shahim,
Yelverton Tegner,
Bengt Gustafsson,
Magnus Gren,
Johan Ärlig,
Martin Olsson,
Niklas Lehto,
Åsa Engström,
Kina Höglund,
Erik Portelius,
Henrik Zetterberg,
Kaj Blennow
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.2038
Subject(s) - traumatic brain injury , rivermead post concussion symptoms questionnaire , chronic traumatic encephalopathy , concussion , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , glial fibrillary acidic protein , poison control , psychology , pediatrics , injury prevention , psychiatry , immunohistochemistry , environmental health
Evidence is accumulating that repeated mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) incidents can lead to persistent, long-term debilitating symptoms and in some cases a progressive neurodegenerative condition referred to as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. However, to our knowledge, there are no objective tools to examine to which degree persistent symptoms after mTBI are caused by neuronal injury.

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