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.
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Inflammatory biomarkers for neurobehavioral dysregulation in former American football players: findings from the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project
Journal of Neuroinflammation | van Amerongen S, Pulukuri SV, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, Cherry JD, Bernick C, Geda YE, Wethe Read more
Cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric correlates of regional tau pathology in autopsy-confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Molecular Neurodegeneration | Alosco ML, White M, Bell C, Faheem F, Tripodis Y, Yhang E, Baucom Z, Martin B, Palmisano Read more
Olfactory function is reduced in a subset of former elite American football players with traumatic encephalopathy syndrome
Chemical Senses | Braunecker, B. J., Groh, J. R., Adler, C. H., Alosco, M. L., Dodick, D. W., Tripodis, Y., Read more
Flortaucipir tau PET findings from former professional and college American football players in the DIAGNOSE CTE research project
Alzheimer's & Dementia | Su Y, Protas H, Luo J, et al. Flortaucipir tau PET findings from former professional and college American football players in the DIAGNOSE Read more
Association of Vascular Risk Factors and CSF and Imaging Biomarkers With White Matter Hyperintensities in Former American Football Players
Neurology | Ly MT, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Peskind ER, Read more
Associations between white matter integrity of the cingulum bundle, surrounding gray matter regions, and cognition across the dementia continuum
The Journal of Comparative Neurology | Groechel RC, Alosco ML, Dixon D, Tripodis Y, Mez J, Goldstein L, Budson AE, Read more
Examination of parkinsonism in former elite American football players
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders | Alosco ML, Adler CH, Dodick DW, Tripodis Y, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Banks SJ, Barr Read more
Relative Contributions of Mixed Pathologies to Cognitive and Functional Symptoms in Brain Donors Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts
Annals of Neurology | Saltiel N, Tripodis Y, Menzin T, Olaniyan A, Baucom Z, Yhang E, Palmisano JN, Martin B, Read more
Cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation of plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein to detect and predict clinical syndromes of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's & Dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | Ally M, Sugarman MA, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Ashton NJ, Karikari TK, Aparicio HJ, Read more
Risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in rugby union is associated with length of playing career
Acta Neuropathologica | Stewart W, Buckland ME, Abdolmohammadi B, Affleck AJ, Alvarez VE, Gilchrist S, Huber BR, Lee EB, Lyall Read more
Cerebral Gray and White Matter Monogalactosyl Diglyceride Levels Rise with the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease | Blusztajn JK, Aytan N, Rajendiran T, Mellott TJ, Soni T, Burant CF, Serrano GE, Beach Read more
Amyloid PET across the cognitive spectrum in former professional and college American football players: findings from the DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy | Stern RA, Trujillo-Rodriguez D, Tripodis Y, Pulukuri SV, Alosco ML, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick Read more
TDP43 pathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy retinas
Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Phansalkar, R., Goodwill, V.S., Nirschl, J.J. et al. TDP43 pathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy retinas. acta neuropathol commun 11, 152 (2023). Read more
Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts
JAMA Neurology | McKee AC, Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B, et al. Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Read more
American Football Play and Parkinson Disease Among Men
JAMA Network Open | Bruce HJ, Tripodis Y, McClean M, Korell M, Tanner CM, Contreras B, Gottesman J, Kirsch L, Read more
Three dimensional evaluation of cerebrovascular density and branching in chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Rosen, G., Kirsch, D., Horowitz, S. et al. Three dimensional evaluation of cerebrovascular density and branching in chronic Read more
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
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