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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Neurol. 2016 Jul 1;12(8):486–490. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2016.99

Figure 1. From concussion to CTE — sequence of events and knowledge gaps.

Figure 1

Data from clinical case series and animal models suggest that athletes who sustain concussions could develop a form of tauopathy, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which leads to the deposition of fibrillary insoluble proteins and progressive deterioration of brain function. A definitive causal link between concussion and CTE has yet to be established, however.

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