TBI Article by Dr Fiona Crawford:
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Latest studies: Brain disease from contact sports
New ESPN article on TBI as related to the NFL, where Dr. Fiona Crawford’s research and comments are cited.
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Latest studies: Brain disease from contact sports more common
"At the Roskamp Institute in Sarasota, Florida, researchers are using mice to try to show how the buildup of tau protein may occur in response to blows to the head. After a single hit or even five hits over a short period of time, the researchers did not see any persistent effects on tau in the brains of the mice.
The researchers then developed a new chronic injury model, striking the mice twice a week over a period of three months, an approach intended to mimic sports-related head trauma and referred to internally as "the NFL model." The researchers, after the mice were euthanized, studied their brains and saw persistent changes in tau, months after the injury, consistent with some of the changes that have been seen in former NFL players with CTE.
"It does change the pathology for the worse," said Dr. Fiona Crawford, president and CEO of the Roskamp Institute and director of its Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program. "What we do really has opened my eyes, and it's quite scary."
HOW DOES THE ABOVE RELATE TO RCPI AND WHAT IS ITS SIGNIFICANCE?
Dr. Fiona Crawford has a ~ $750K grant from the USDD to study GWI using Anatabine Citrate (AC). Dr. Crawford is right in the middle of TBI research, CTE research, GWI research AND AC IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF DR. CRAWFORD’S THINKING! I welcome you all to read between the lines.
Have a great weekend,
AJK
