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Concomitant progressive supranuclear palsy and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a boxer

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Ling, Helen, Kara, Eleanna, Revesz, Tamas, Lees, Andrew J, Plant, Gordon T, Martino, Davide, Houlden, Henry, Hardy, John +1 more·2014·Acta Neuropathologica Communications

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We report the case of a 75-year-old ex-professional boxer who developed diplopia and eye movement abnormalities in his 60's followed by memory impairment, low mood and recurrent falls. Examination shortly before death revealed hypomimia, dysarthria, vertical supranuclear gaze palsy and impaired postural reflexes. Pathological examination demonstrated 4-repeat tau neuronal and glial lesions, including tufted astrocytes, consistent with a diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy. In addition, neurofibrillary tangles composed of mixed 3-repeat and 4-repeat tau and astrocytic tangles in a distribution highly suggestive of chronic traumatic encephalopathy were observed together with limbic TDP-43 pathology. Possible mechanisms for the co-occurrence of these two tau pathologies are discussed.

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Authors
Ling, H., Kara, E., Revesz, T., Lees, A. J., Plant, G. T., Martino, D., Houlden, H., Hardy, J., & Holton, J. L.
Affiliations
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
  • UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
  • Queen Mary University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Holton, Janice L
Venue
Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Published
2014-02-21
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
24-24
ISSN
2051-5960 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2150268059
Cited by
27
References
62
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3
FWCI
2.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (WT089698, 089698)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • University College London
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Medical Research Council (MC_G1000735, MR/J004758/1)
  • Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology,University College London
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Keywords
progressive supranuclear palsy, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, tau pathology, TDP-43, tufted astrocytes, neurofibrillary tangles, supranuclear gaze palsy, diplopia, memory impairment, falls, hypomimia, dysarthria, postural reflexes
MeSH terms
Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2, Progranulins, Aged, Humans, Male, Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive, tau Proteins, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Brain Injury, Chronic, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

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