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. 2022 Jun 6;216(10):530-531.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.51420. Epub 2022 Feb 10.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia: the first three years of the Australian Sports Brain Bank

Catherine M Suter  1 , Andrew J Affleck  1 , Maggie Lee  1 , Alan J Pearce  2 , Linda E Iles  3 , Michael E Buckland  1   4
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Australia: the first three years of the Australian Sports Brain Bank

Catherine M Suter et al. Med J Aust. .
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Keywords: Football; Neurodegenerative disorders; Neuropathology; Suicide.

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* Visualised by diaminobenzidine immunohistochemistry with the AT8 hyperphosphorylated tau (p‐tau) monoclonal antibody (Thermo Fisher) on a Leica BOND‐MAX autostainer; images captured with a Leica Aperio AT2 digital microscope. Brown staining indicates p‐tau, blue staining indicates cell nuclei stained with haematoxylin; blood vessels are indicated by arrows. A. p‐Tau accumulation is evident in both neurons and astrocytes in the depth of a cortical sulcus in the frontal cortex of a man in his early fifties who had played amateur rugby union for ten years. B. The perivascular accumulation of p‐tau is largely restricted to neurons in the frontal cortex of a man in his early thirties who had played amateur and semi‐professional rugby league for 13 years.
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