Significance of ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 elevations in athletes after sub-concussive head hits.

The impact of sub-concussive head hits (sub-CHIs) has been recently investigated in American football players, a population at risk for varying degrees of post-traumatic sequelae. Results show how sub-CHIs in athletes translate in serum as the appearance of reporters of blood-brain barrier disruptio...

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Main Authors: Vikram Puvenna, Chanda Brennan, Gerald Shaw, Cui Yang, Nicola Marchi, Jeffrey J Bazarian, Kian Merchant-Borna, Damir Janigro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4012998?pdf=render