CTE Pathology Absent in Former Military Services Members: A Preliminary Study Demonstrating No Increase in Neurodegenerative Proteinopathy Following TBI (P2.9-048)

Military services members are vulnerable to traumatic brain injury (TBI). It is presently unknown whether they are at risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or neurodegenerative proteinopathies such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), due to TBI with or without blast. We therefore studied veterans for proteinopathy, as it relates to military service and TBI history.