Elevated cerebrospinal fluid total tau in former professional athletes with multiple concussions.
Foad TaghdiriNamita MultaniApameh TaraziSeyed Ali NaeimiMozghan KhodadadiCarrie EsopenkoRobin GreenBrenda ColellaRichard WennbergDavid John MikulisKaren Deborah DavisRuma GoswamiCharles TatorBrian LevineMaria Carmela TartagliaPublished in: Neurology (2019)
Our findings indicate that former athletes with multiple concussions are at increased risk of elevated levels of CSF t-tau and that high CSF t-tau is associated with reduced WM integrity and worse scores on the TMT Part B.
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