PAPER Koerte IK, Ertl-Wagner B, Reiser M, Zafonte R, Shenton ME

White matter integrity in the brains of professional soccer players without a symptomatic concussion.

JAMA. 2012 Nov 14;308(18):1859-61. PubMed: 23150002

PAPER Barkhoudarian G, Hovda DA, Giza CC

The molecular pathophysiology of concussive brain injury.

Clin Sports Med. 2011 Jan;30(1):33-48, vii-iii. PubMed: 21074080

PAPER Meythaler JM, Peduzzi JD, Eleftheriou E, Novack TA

Current concepts: diffuse axonal injury-associated traumatic brain injury.

Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001 Oct;82(10):1461-71. PubMed: 11588754

Seynab Sangsari

Germany

Meet the New Progressive Tauopathy: CTE in Athletes, Soldiers

CONFERENCE COVERAGE 2012-11-20 Conference Coverage When autopsies of football stars and wrestlers who had committed suicide touched off a storm of media coverage some years ago, the initial story was one of concussions putting athletes at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Since then, howev

Prashanthi Vemuri on Multimodal Imaging: Structure, Function, Amyloid Not in Synch

COMMENT In this study, multimodal imaging data from the same subjects provide the authors with a unique opportunity to investigate the regional specificity of different Alzheimer’s disease pathologies. The study presents an approach to systematically put the mult

PAPER Hedden T, Van Dijk KR, Shire EH, Sperling RA, Johnson KA, Buckner RL

Failure to modulate attentional control in advanced aging linked to white matter pathology.

Cereb Cortex. 2012 May;22(5):1038-51. PubMed: 21765181

Yina Dong

University of pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States

Multimodal Imaging: Structure, Function, Amyloid Not in Synch

RESEARCH NEWS 2012-11-19 Research News As neuroimaging advances paint ever more detailed pictures of the brain’s wear and tear during Alzheimer’s disease, a glaring problem emerges: The pictures don’t always match. In a study published in this week’s Journal of Neuroscience, Gaël

David Riascos

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States

PAPER Yokoyama JS, Rosen HJ

Neuroimaging features of C9ORF72 expansion.

Alzheimers Res Ther. 2012 Nov 16;4(6):45. PubMed: 23153366

PAPER Büttner S, Faes L, Reichelt WN, Broeskamp F, Habernig L, Benke S, Kourtis N, Ruli D, Carmona-Gutierrez D, Eisenberg T, D'hooge P, Ghillebert R, Franssens V, Harger A, Pieber TR, Freudenberger P, Kroemer G, Sigrist SJ, Winderickx J, Callewaert G, Tavernarakis N, Madeo F

The Ca(2+)/Mn(2+) ion-pump PMR1 links elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+) levels to α-synuclein toxicity in Parkinson's disease models.

Cell Death Differ. 2013 Mar;20(3):465-77. PubMed: 23154387

PAPER Cannon JR, Geghman KD, Tapias V, Sew T, Dail MK, Li C, Greenamyre JT

Expression of human E46K-mutated α-synuclein in BAC-transgenic rats replicates early-stage Parkinson's disease features and enhances vulnerability to mitochondrial impairment.

Exp Neurol. 2013 Feb;240:44-56. PubMed: 23153578

PAPER Pithadia AS, Kochi A, Soper MT, Beck MW, Liu Y, Lee S, Detoma AS, Ruotolo BT, Lim MH

Reactivity of diphenylpropynone derivatives toward metal-associated amyloid-β species.

Inorg Chem. 2012 Dec 3;51(23):12959-67. PubMed: 23153071

PAPER Moretti L, Cristofori I, Weaver SM, Chau A, Portelli JN, Grafman J

Cognitive decline in older adults with a history of traumatic brain injury.

Lancet Neurol. 2012 Dec;11(12):1103-12. PubMed: 23153408