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Cyrus Ayubcha¹, Mateen Moghbel², Austin J Borja³

¹Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

|March 2, 2021

Summary

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Tau protein imaging using PET scans shows promise for diagnosing and monitoring chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in individuals with a history of head injuries. This review explores tau

Keywords:

CTE Chronic traumatic encephalopathy Imaging Neurodegeneration PET Tau

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Neuropathology
Radiochemistry

Background:

Tau proteins are implicated in various neurodegenerative diseases.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a tauopathy linked to repeated head trauma.
Current diagnostic methods for CTE are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the role of tau in head injury.
To assess the development of tau radiotracers.
To evaluate the clinical utility of tau-PET in head injury populations.

Main Methods:

Literature review of studies on tau pathology in head trauma.
Analysis of existing and emerging tau radiotracer technologies.
Examination of clinical data from head injury studies utilizing tau-PET.

Main Results:

Tau pathology is a key feature of CTE.
Several tau radiotracers show potential for in vivo detection.
Tau-PET imaging may aid in early CTE diagnosis and monitoring.

Conclusions:

Tau-PET imaging represents a promising tool for CTE research and clinical application.
Further validation in larger head injury cohorts is warranted.
Radiotracer development is crucial for advancing tau imaging in neurotrauma.