Publications by authors named "B Russell Huber"
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- The study explores the biological differences linked to PTSD by examining DNA methylation changes in blood, suggesting they could indicate susceptibility or effects of trauma.
- Conducted by the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, the research included nearly 5,100 participants to identify specific genetic markers associated with PTSD.
- Results showed 11 significant CpG sites related to PTSD, with some also showing correlations between blood and brain tissue methylation, highlighting their potential role in understanding PTSD biology.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurodegeneration is a seminal feature of many neurological disorders. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by repetitive head impacts (RHI) and is characterized by sulcal tau pathology. However, quantitative assessments of regional neurodegeneration in CTE have not been described.
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- Medicaid expansion has improved access to substance use disorder treatment, yet tracking overdose deaths among this population remains unreported.
- A study using data from 2016-2020 revealed that the drug overdose death rate among Medicaid beneficiaries in 2020 was 54.6 per 100,000, significantly higher than the 27.9 per 100,000 rate for the general US population.
- The findings indicate an urgent need for further research and strategies to address the disproportionately high overdose rates in the Medicaid population, with a notable increase of 54% in overdose deaths from 2016 to 2020.
Importance: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy associated with repetitive head impacts (RHIs). Prior research suggests a dose-response association between American football play duration and CTE risk and severity, but this association has not been studied for ice hockey.
Objective: To investigate associations of duration of ice hockey play with CTE diagnosis and severity, functional status, and dementia.