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What boxing tells us about repetitive head trauma and the brain

Boxing and other combat sports may serve as a human model to study the effects of repetitive head trauma on brain structure and function. The initial description of what is now known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was reported in boxers in 1928. In the ensuing years, studies examining box...

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Autores principales: Bernick, Charles, Banks, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23731821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/alzrt177