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Traumatic brain injury may not increase the risk of Alzheimer disease

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly occurs in civilian and military populations. Some epidemiologic studies previously have associated TBI with an increased risk of Alzheimer disease (AD). Recent clinicopathologic and biomarker studies have failed to confirm the relationship of TBI to the development of AD dementia or pathologic changes, and suggest that other neurodegenerative processes might be linked to TBI. Additional studies are required to determine the long-term consequences of TBI.

Source: Neurology

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000004608

Authors: Michael W. Weiner, Paul K. Crane, Thomas J. Montine, David A. Bennett, Dallas P. Veitch

Institutions: Rush University Medical Center, University of Washington, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Subfield: Clinical Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: U.S. Department of Defense, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, National Institute on Aging