First confirmed case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a professional bull rider

Acta Neuropathol. 2018 Feb;135(2):303-305. doi: 10.1007/s00401-017-1801-z. Epub 2017 Dec 28.

Authors

C Dirk Keene¹, Caitlin S Latimer¹, Lisa M Steele², Christine L Mac Donald³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, 352 9th Ave, Box 959924, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. cmacd@uw.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Athletic Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
Athletic Injuries / pathology*
Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Brain / pathology*
Cattle
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy / diagnostic imaging
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy / etiology*
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Suicide