Young Amateur Contact Sport Athletes Are At Risk for Structural Brain Injuries and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Young amateur contact sports players are at risk for structural and microstructural brain injuries, including enlarged ventricles, cavum septum pellucidum, microvascular injury, blood-brain barrier breach, interface astrocytosis, and glymphatic remodeling. Future studies are needed to clarify the association between these early structural injuries after RHI and risk for CTE.
Authors
- Madeline Uretsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7604-3619)
- Raymond Nicks
- Joseph Palmisano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6000-3025)
- Daniel Kirsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-0155)
- Bobak Abdolmohammadi
- Michael L. Alosco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8113-8428)
- Katharine J. Babcock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8321-5335)
- Victor E. Alvarez
- Yorghos Tripodis
- Ann C. McKee
- Jonathan D Cherry
- Thor D. Stein
- Brett Martin
- Jesse Mez
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70855_105724
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00