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Study finds increased levels of neural injury biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid of 30 Olympic boxers — who did not otherwise exhibit symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury — Is this a potential investigative tool for tracking the evolution of brain trauma? 0

Citation Sanna Neselius, Helena Brisby, Annette Theodorsson, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, and Jan Marcusson, CSF-Biomarkers in Olympic Boxing: Diagnosis and Effects of Repetitive Head Trauma, PLoS ONE 7(4): e33606. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033606 (April 2012) How this study was done The research team looked for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers that indicate acute and chronic neural injury in a group [...]