The study of epigenetic clocks in former professional contact sports athletes with repetitive head injuries
AAIC 2025 Abstract
Abstract
Background: The long‐term consequences of repetitive head impacts in contact sports include cognitive deficits, accelerated brain atrophy, and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Concussion
- Repetitive head impacts
- DNA methylation
- Epigenetic regulation of gene expression
- Cerebral atrophy
- Humans
