Healio (12/2, Miller) reports, “Patients with a history of traumatic brain injury [TBI] experienced the clinical onset of Alzheimer’s disease several years earlier than those without TBI,” researchers concluded after analyzing “241 amyloid positron emission tomography scans from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative public database to look for differences in standardized uptake value ratio, cortical morphometry and neuropsychological assessments.” The study revealed that “a history of TBI was associated with ‘higher amyloid deposition and cognitive deficit’ in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.” The findings were presented at the virtual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Neuroscience Next.
Related Links:
— “TBI ‘significantly fast-forwards’ clinical onset of Alzheimer’s disease “Janel Miller, Healio, December 2, 2020