文摘
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), advanced age, and cerebral vascular disease are major risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Amyloid-β contributes to chronic neuronal and synaptic loss after TBI. These effects are potentiated by aging and cerebral vascular dysfunction. Severe and repetitive mild TBI produce complex polypathologies, with different contributions of Aβ and tau pathology at different times after TBI.