A new study recently published in JAMA Neurology provides insights into the complex and intricate relationship of contact sports and the risk of dementia.
Gross Neuropathologic Features Associated With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Young Athletes. A, A 27-year-old control. Coronal brain sections at the level of the caudate, accumbens, and putamen ; anterior thalamus and mammillary bodies ; and midthalamus . B, Young athletes with CTE. Examples of macroscopic brain abnormalities in CTE.
"CTE starts early," cautions Pratico,"and for this reason, it is extremely important to implement science-based protocols to reduce the risk of young athletes developing CTE, and to not underestimate the clinical manifestation of CTE in an individual who has sustained a traumatic brain injury."Ann C.
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