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Review
. 2012 May;36(5):1376-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.02.013. Epub 2012 Feb 27.

Traumatic brain injury: a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease

Thamil Mani Sivanandam  1 , Mahendra Kumar Thakur
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Traumatic brain injury: a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease

Thamil Mani Sivanandam et al. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 May.

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a major global health and socio-economic problem with neurobehavioral sequelae contributing to long-term disability. It causes brain swelling, axonal injury and hypoxia, disrupts blood brain barrier function and increases inflammatory responses, oxidative stress, neurodegeneration and leads to cognitive impairment. Epidemiological studies show that 30% of patients, who die of TBI, have Aβ plaques which are pathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thus TBI acts as an important epigenetic risk factor for AD. This review focuses on AD related genes which are expressed during TBI and its relevance to progression of the disease. Such understanding will help to diagnose the risk of TBI patients to develop AD and design therapeutic interventions.

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