Publication News: Friedman Lab

Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Exposure to Head Impacts in University Football Players

Casey Jones, MD, is an Emergency Medicine resident and Ellen Parker, MD is a Neurosurgery residents, both at NS Health. Together with their colleagues at the Friedman Lab, they continue their work in Traumatic Brain Injury. The work highlighted in this paper investigates the link between dysfunction of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and exposure to head impacts in concussed football athletes.

Published in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 34(1):p 61-68, January 2024.
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001164