Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy as the Course of Alzheimer’s Disease
Magdalena Pszczołowska,
Kamil Walczak,
Weronika Miśków
et al.
Abstract:This editorial investigates chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as a course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). CTE is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease that is the result of repeated mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many epidemiological studies show that experiencing a TBI in early or middle life is associated with an increased risk of dementia later in life. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) present a series of similar neuropathological features that were investigated i… Show more
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