Johns Hopkins Medicine: Brain Scans of Former NFL Athletes Show a Repair Protein in Place Long After Initial Injury
November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:
In a new study using brain scans of former NFL athletes, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found high levels of a repair protein present long after a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion takes place. The repair protein, known as 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), is known to be present in the brain at high levels in the immediate aftermath of brain injury as part of t . . .
In a new study using brain scans of former NFL athletes, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found high levels of a repair protein present long after a traumatic brain injury such as a concussion takes place. The repair protein, known as 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), is known to be present in the brain at high levels in the immediate aftermath of brain injury as part of t . . .