JAMA | McKee AC, Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players-Reply. JAMA. 2017 Dec 19;318(23):2353. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.16687. PMID: 29260223. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29260223/
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What made the brain extraordinary, for the purpose of science, was not just the extent of the damage, but its singular cause.
Boston University researchers have moved closer to identifying a way to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in the living
Based on characteristic neuropathological findings, Dr. McKee concluded that Mr. Hernandez had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Stage 3 out of 4, (Stage 4 being the most severe).
A new study has found an association between participation in youth tackle football before age 12 and impaired mood and behavior later in life.
Translational Psychiatry | Alosco ML, Kasimis AB, Stamm JM, Chua AS, Baugh CM, Daneshvar DH, Robbins CA, Mariani M, Hayden J, Conneely S, Au R, Torres A, McClean MD, McKee AC, Cantu RC, Mez J, Nowinski CJ, Martin BM, Chaisson CE, Tripodis Y, Stern RA. Age of first exposure to American football and long-term neuropsychiatric […]
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Mahar I, Alosco ML, McKee AC. Psychiatric phenotypes in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 Dec;83:622-630. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.08.023. Epub 2017 Sep 6. PMID: 28888534. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28888534/ Download it here: Psychiatric phenotypes in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Current Psychiatry Reports | Friedman MJ, Huber BR, Brady CB, Ursano RJ, Benedek DM, Kowall NW, McKee AC; Traumatic Stress Brain Research Group. VA’s National PTSD Brain Bank: a National Resource for Research. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2017 Aug 25;19(10):73. doi: 10.1007/s11920-017-0822-6. PMID: 28840457. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28840457/ Download it here: VA’s National PTSD Brain Bank: a National Resource […]
Dr. Ann McKee, a neuropathologist, and her team have examined the brains of 202 deceased football players.