Sentences with phrase «concussed ice hockey players»
In it, they measured levels of tau, a protein linked to traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease, which has been found to be elevated in the blood of Olympic boxers and concussed ice hockey players.
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[Robert Siman et al, Serum SNTF Increases in Concussed Professional Ice Hockey Players and Relates to the Severity of Post Concussion Symptoms] A strong blow to the head causes chemical changes within nerve cells that damage their structural proteins.