Clinical Outcomes and Tau Pathology in Retired Football Players: Associations With Diagnosed and Witnessed Sleep Apnea.
Sarah J BanksEukyung YhangYorghos TripodisYi SuHillary ProtasCharles H AdlerLaura J BalcerCharles B BernickJesse B MezJoseph PalmisanoWilliam B BarrJennifer V WetheDavid W DodickMichael D McCleanBrett MartinKaitlin HartlageArlener D TurnerRobert W TurnerAtul MalhotraMichael ColmanOfer PasternakAlexander P LinInga K KoerteSylvain BouixJeffrey L CummingsMartha E ShentonEric M ReimanRobert A SternMichael L AloscoPublished in: Neurology. Clinical practice (2024)
Former elite American football players are at risk of SA. Our findings suggest that SA might contribute to cognitive, neuropsychiatric, and tau outcomes in this population. Like all neurodegenerative diseases, this study emphasizes the multifactorial contributions to negative brain health outcomes and the importance of sleep for optimal brain health.
Keyphrases
- sleep apnea
- high school
- resting state
- white matter
- cerebrospinal fluid
- public health
- healthcare
- positive airway pressure
- obstructive sleep apnea
- functional connectivity
- cerebral ischemia
- mental health
- physical activity
- body composition
- health information
- type diabetes
- risk assessment
- multiple sclerosis
- human health
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle
- social media
- brain injury
- health promotion