Publication Database
Welcome to our Publication Database! For the last 15 years, the Boston University CTE Center has made great progress in CTE research and published many papers on CTE and those affected by it, including athletes, military personnel, and victims of domestic violence. Please check back soon – we are continuously adding papers and will soon have a complete list of our publications below.Â
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Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in Black and/or African American Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) participants
Neurobiology of Aging | Groechel RC, Tripodis Y, Alosco ML, Mez J, Qiao Qiu W, Goldstein L, Budson AE, Kowall Read more
Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males
Nature Communications | Daneshvar, D.H., Nair, E.S., Baucom, Z.H. et al. Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic Read more
Severe CTE and TDP-43 pathology in a former professional soccer player with dementia: a clinicopathological case report and review of the literature
Acta Neuropathologica Communications | van Amerongen S, Kamps S, Kaijser KKM, Pijnenburg YAL, Scheltens P, Teunissen CE, Barkhof F, Ossenkoppele Read more
Vitreous Humor Biomarkers Reflect Pathological Changes in the Brain for Alzheimer’s Disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease | Vig V, Garg I, Tuz-Zahra F, Xu J, Tripodis Y, Nicks R, Xia W, Alvarez Read more
Inflammation and neuronal gene expression changes differ in early versus late chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain
BMC Medical Genomics | Labadorf A, Agus F, Aytan N, Cherry J, Mez J, McKee A, Stein TD. Inflammation and Read more
Decreased myelin proteins in brain donors exposed to football-related repetitive head impacts
Brain Communications | Alosco ML, Ly M, Mosaheb S, Saltiel N, Uretsky M, Tripodis Y, Martin B, Palmisano J, Delano-Wood Read more
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): criteria for neuropathological diagnosis and relationship to repetitive head impacts
Acta Neuropathologica | McKee AC, Stein TD, Huber BR, Crary JF, Bieniek K, Dickson D, Alvarez VE, Cherry JD, Farrell Read more
Repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy are associated with TDP-43 inclusions and hippocampal sclerosis
Acta Neuropathologica | Nicks R, Clement NF, Alvarez VE, Tripodis Y, Baucom ZH, Huber BR, Mez J, Alosco ML, Aytan Read more
Vascular injury is associated with repetitive head impacts and tau pathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology | Kirsch D, Shah A, Dixon E, Kelley H, Cherry JD, Xia W, Daley Read more
Neuropsychological test performance of former American football players
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy | Alosco ML, Barr WB, Banks SJ, Wethe JV, Miller JB, Pulukuri SV, Culhane J, Tripodis Read more
Quantifying and Examining Reserve in Symptomatic Former National Football League Players
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease | Foley ÉM, Tripodis Y, Yhang E, Koerte IK, Martin BM, Palmisano J, Makris N, Schultz Read more
Neuroimmune proteins can differentiate between tauopathies
Journal of Neuroinflammation | Cherry JD, Baucom ZH, Eppich KG, Kirsch D, Dixon ER, Tripodis Y, Bieniek KF, Farrell K, Read more
Ante-mortem plasma phosphorylated tau (181) predicts Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology and regional tau at autopsy
Brain | Morrison MS, Aparicio HJ, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Ashton NJ, Karikari TK, Tripodis Y, Martin B, Palmisano JN, Read more
Associations between near end-of-life flortaucipir PET and postmortem CTE-related tau neuropathology in six former American football players
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Alosco ML, Su Y, Stein TD, Protas H, Cherry JD, Adler Read more
Tau Pathology in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is Primarily Neuronal
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology | Butler MLMD, Dixon E, Stein TD, Alvarez VE, Huber B, Buckland ME, McKee Read more
White matter hyperintensities in former American football players
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association | Alosco ML, Tripodis Y, Baucom ZH, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Read more
Association of APOE Genotypes and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
JAMA Neurology | Atherton K, Han X, Chung J, Cherry JD, Baucom Z, Saltiel N, Nair E, Abdolmohammadi B, Uretsky Read more
Association of Playing College American Football With Long-term Health Outcomes and Mortality
JAMA Network Open | Phelps A, Alosco ML, Baucom Z, Hartlage K, Palmisano JN, Weuve J, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Read more
Association Between Antemortem FLAIR White Matter Hyperintensities and Neuropathology in Brain Donors Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts
Neurology | Uretsky M, Bouix S, Killiany RJ, Tripodis Y, Martin B, Palmisano J, Mian AZ, Buch K, Farris C, Read more
Structural MRI profiles and tau correlates of atrophy in autopsy-confirmed CTE
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy | Alosco ML, Mian AZ, Buch K, Farris CW, Uretsky M, Tripodis Y, Baucom Z, Martin Read more
Structural MRI profiles and tau correlates of atrophy in autopsy-confirmed CTE
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy | Alosco ML, Mian AZ, Buch K, Farris CW, Uretsky M, Tripodis Y, Baucom Z, Martin Read more
Tau phosphorylation sites serine202 and serine396 are differently altered in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer’s disease
Stathas S, Alvarez VE, Xia W, Nicks R, Meng G, Daley S, Pothast M, Shah A, Kelley H, Esnault C, Read more
Plasma p-tau181 shows stronger network association to Alzheimer’s disease dementia than neurofilament light and total tau
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association | Frank B, Ally M, Brekke B, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Read more
Incidence of and Mortality From Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in National Football League Athletes
JAMA Network Open | Daneshvar DH, Mez J, Alosco ML, Baucom ZH, Mahar I, Baugh CM, Valle JP, Weuve J, Read more
Authors’ Response
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology | Bieniek KF, Crary JF, Dickson DW, Stein TD, Mez J, Alosco ME, McKee Read more
Tau seeding in chronic traumatic encephalopathy parallels disease severity
Acta Neuropathologica | Kaufman SK, Svirsky S, Cherry JD, McKee AC, Diamond MI. Tau seeding in chronic traumatic encephalopathy parallels Read more
A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Investigation in Symptomatic Former NFL Players
Brain Imaging and Behavior | Alosco ML, Tripodis Y, Rowland B, Chua AS, Liao H, Martin B, Jarnagin J, Chaisson Read more
Developing methods to detect and diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy during life: rationale, design, and methodology for the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy | Alosco ML, Mariani ML, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Au R, Banks SJ, Barr Read more
Exposure to Repetitive Head Impacts Is Associated with Corpus Callosum Microstructure and Plasma Total Tau In Former Professional American Football Players
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Kochsiek J, O'Donnell LJ, Zhang F, Bonke EM, Sollmann N, Tripodis Y, Wiegand TLT, Read more
Altered oligodendroglia and astroglia in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Acta Neuropathologica | Chancellor KB, Chancellor SE, Duke-Cohan JE, Huber BR, Stein TD, Alvarez VE, Okaty BW, Dymecki SM, McKee Read more
Tau isoforms are differentially expressed across the hippocampus in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer’s disease
Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Cherry JD, Esnault CD, Baucom ZH, Tripodis Y, Huber BR, Alvarez VE, Stein TD, Dickson DW, Read more
Validity of the 2014 traumatic encephalopathy syndrome criteria for CTE pathology
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association | Mez J, Alosco ML, Daneshvar DH, Saltiel N, Baucom Z, Read more
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome
Neurology | Katz DI, Bernick C, Dodick DW, Mez J, Mariani ML, Adler CH, Alosco ML, Balcer LJ, Banks SJ, Read more
Age at First Exposure to Tackle Football is Associated with Cortical Thickness in Former Professional American Football Players
Cerebral Cortex | Kaufmann D, Sollmann N, Kaufmann E, Veggeberg R, Tripodis Y, Wrobel PP, Kochsiek J, Martin BM, Lin Read more
The Second NINDS/NIBIB Consensus Meeting to Define Neuropathological Criteria for the Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology | Bieniek KF, Cairns NJ, Crary JF, Dickson DW, Folkerth RD, Keene CD, Litvan Read more
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Seminars in Neurology | Mez J, Stern RA, McKee AC. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Semin Neurol. 2020 Aug;40(4):351-352. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1715824. Epub Read more
Reply to “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Primary Age-Related Tauopathy”
Annals of Neurology | Mez J, Daneshvar DH, Alosco ML, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Stein TD, McKee AC. Reply to Read more
Characterizing tau deposition in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): utility of the McKee CTE staging scheme
Acta Neuropathologica | Alosco ML, Cherry JD, Huber BR, Tripodis Y, Baucom Z, Kowall NW, Saltiel N, Goldstein LE, Katz Read more
Neuropathological profile of long-duration amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in military Veterans
Brain Pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) | Spencer KR, Foster ZW, Rauf NA, Guilderson L, Collins D, Averill JG, Walker SE, Robey Read more
The Neuropathology of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: The Status of the Literature
Seminars in Neurology | McKee AC. The Neuropathology of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: The Status of the Literature. Semin Neurol. 2020 Read more
Duration of American Football Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Annals of Neurology | Mez J, Daneshvar DH, Abdolmohammadi B, Chua AS, Alosco ML, Kiernan PT, Evers L, Marshall L, Read more
The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Handbook of Clinical Neurology | McKee AC, Abdolmohammadi B, Stein TD. The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Handb Clin Neurol. Read more
Variation in TMEM106B in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Cherry JD, Mez J, Crary JF, Tripodis Y, Alvarez VE, Mahar I, Huber BR, Alosco ML, Read more
Astrocytic degeneration in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Acta Neuropathologica | Hsu ET, Gangolli M, Su S, Holleran L, Stein TD, Alvarez VE, McKee AC, Schmidt RE, Brody Read more
Age of first exposure to tackle football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Annals of Neurology | Alosco ML, Mez J, Tripodis Y, Kiernan PT, Abdolmohammadi B, Murphy L, Kowall NW, Stein TD, Read more
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Is Latency in Symptom Onset Explained by Tau Propagation?
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine | Kriegel J, Papadopoulos Z, McKee AC. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Is Latency in Symptom Read more
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Football Players-Reply
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. Read more
Age of first exposure to American football and long-term neuropsychiatric and cognitive outcomes
Translational Psychiatry | Alosco ML, Kasimis AB, Stamm JM, Chua AS, Baugh CM, Daneshvar DH, Robbins CA, Mariani M, Hayden Read more
Psychiatric phenotypes in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | Mahar I, Alosco ML, McKee AC. Psychiatric phenotypes in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. Read more
VA’s National PTSD Brain Bank: a National Resource for Research
Current Psychiatry Reports | Friedman MJ, Huber BR, Brady CB, Ursano RJ, Benedek DM, Kowall NW, McKee AC; Traumatic Stress Read more