Diet's Impact on Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Depression: Exploring Neurodegeneration, Chronic Blood–Brain Barrier Destruction, and Glutamate Neurotoxicity …

M Boyko, BF Gruenbaum, A Oleshko, I Merzlikin… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has a profound impact on cognitive and mental functioning,
leading to lifelong impairment and significantly diminishing the quality of life for affected …

Characterizing the risk of depression following mild traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis of the literature comparing chronic mTBI to non-mTBI populations

SC Hellewell, CS Beaton, T Welton… - Frontiers in neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is associated with depressed mood acutely post-
injury, but there is little evidence regarding long-term depression. The aim of this study was …

Concussion and long-term cognitive impairment among professional or elite sport-persons: a systematic review

V Gallo, K Motley, SPT Kemp, S Mian… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Introduction Understanding whether concussion in sport is associated with worsening
cognitive function in later life will likely have immediate repercussion on sports concussion …

The Association of Physical (in) activity with mental health. Differences between elder and younger populations: a systematic literature review

L Maynou, HM Hernández-Pizarro… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Physical activity is associated with mental health benefits. This systematic
literature review summarises extant evidence regarding this association, and explores …

Mild cognitive impairment and dementia reported by former professional football players over 50 years of age: an NFL-LONG study

SR Walton, BL Brett, A Chandran… - Medicine and science …, 2021 - safetylit.org
PURPOSE: To estimate prevalences of MCI and dementia diagnoses in former National
Football League (NFL) players≥ 50 years old and examine the relationships among these …

Gaining perspectives: A scoping review of research assessing depressive symptoms in athletes

RE Tahtinen, J Shelley, R Morris - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this review was to 1) describe methodological characteristics of the research that
has assessed depressive symptoms in athletes, and 2) to map the variables that have been …

Health-promoting behaviours and concussion history are associated with cognitive function, mood-related symptoms and emotional–behavioural dyscontrol in former …

SR Walton, ZY Kerr, BL Brett, A Chandran… - British journal of sports …, 2021 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To examine the relationships among self-reported sport-related concussion
(SRC) history and current health-promoting behaviours (exercise frequency, diet quality and …

Mortality from mental disorders and suicide in male professional American football and soccer players: A Meta‐Analysis

JS Morales, A Castillo‐García… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the risk of mortality from mental disorders and suicide in professional
sports associated with repeated head impacts. Methods A systematic search was performed …

Neuropsychological functioning in ageing retired NFL players: a critical review

J Schaffert, C LoBue, L Fields, K Wilmoth… - International review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Recent discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in former National Football League
(NFL) players has led to a surge of papers investigating cognitive functioning in these former …

Neurocognitive outcomes of older National Football League retirees

J Schaffert, N Didehbani, C LoBue, J Hart Jr, M Motes… - Brain injury, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Determine if head-injury exposure relates to later-in-life cognitive decline in older
National Football League (NFL) retirees. Method NFL retirees (aged 50+) with or without …