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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2014

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and other neurodegenerative proteinopathies.

Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Karen D Davis, Robin E A Green, Richard Wennberg, David Mikulis, Leo J Ezerins, Michelle Keightley, Charles Tator

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Movement Disorders: Update.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Carmela TartagliaDivision of Neurology, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Canadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lili-Naz HazratiTanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Canadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada.
Karen D DavisCanadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada ; Division of Neurosurgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Division of Brain, Imaging and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Surgery, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada.
Robin E A GreenCanadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada ; Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Toronto, ON, Canada.
Richard WennbergDivision of Neurology, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Canadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada.
David MikulisCanadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada ; Division of Neuroradiology, Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, The University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada.
Leo J EzerinsCanadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada ; Executive Director, Canadian Football League Alumni Association Toronto, ON, Canada.
Michelle KeightleyCanadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada ; Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Toronto, ON, Canada ; Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada.
Charles TatorCanadian Sports Concussion Project Toronto, ON, Canada ; Division of Neurosurgery, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAUniversity Health Network · CAOccupational Cancer Research Centre · CAToronto Rehabilitation Institute · CAToronto Western Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

"Chronic traumatic encephalopathy" (CTE) is described as a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease believed to result from multiple concussions. Traditionally, concussions were considered benign events and although most people recover fully, about 10% develop a post-concussive syndrome with persisting neurological, cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms. CTE was once thought to be unique to boxers, but it has now been observed in many different athletes having suffered multiple concussions as well as in military personal after repeated blast injuries. Much remains unknown about the development of CTE but its pathological substrate is usually tau, similar to that seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). The aim of this "perspective" is to compare and contrast clinical and pathological CTE with the other neurodegenerative proteinopathies and highlight that there is an urgent need for understanding the relationship between concussion and the development of CTE as it may provide a window into the development of a proteinopathy and thus new avenues for treatment.

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Alzheimer's diseasechronic traumatic encephalopathyconcussionsfrontotemporal lobar degenerationneurodegenerative diseasetau

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PMID24550810
PMCPMC3907709
OpenAlexW2090399754

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