Ann C McKee, Jesse Mez, Bobak Abdolmohammadi, Morgane Butler, Bertrand Russell Huber, Madeline Uretsky, Katharine Babcock, Jonathan D Cherry, Victor E Alvarez, Brett Martin, Yorghos Tripodis, Joseph N Palmisano, Kerry A Cormier, Caroline A Kubilus, Raymond Nicks, Daniel Kirsch, Ian Mahar, Lisa McHale, Christopher Nowinski, Robert C Cantu, Robert A Stern, Daniel Daneshvar, Lee E Goldstein, Douglas I Katz, Neil W Kowall, Brigid Dwyer, Thor D Stein, Michael L Alosco
IMPORTANCE: Young contact sport athletes may be at risk for long-term neuropathologic disorders, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). OBJECTIVE: To characterize the neuropathologic and clinical symptoms of young brain donors who were contact sport athletes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This case series analyzes findings from 152 of 156 brain donors younger than 30 years identified through the Understanding Neurologic Injury and Traumatic Encephalopathy (UNITE) Brain Bank who donated their brains from February 1, 2008, to September 31, 2022...
August 28, 2023: JAMA Neurology