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William B. Barr @WB_BARR

Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Joined January 2011
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M_Cullum@CullumCM
28 Dec 2025
Concussions Are Concerning, But Fear Needn’t Bench Athletes peoplenewspapers.com/2025/12… via @

Concussions Are Concerning, But Fear Needn’t Bench Athletes

Concussions should be taken seriously. But concerns about brain injuries don’t need to sideline athletes from the sports they love, experts told a standing-room-only crowd on Nov. 18 at Highland Park...

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Trump plan cuts funding for brain injury research

The Trump administration's budget request eliminates major federal funding for traumatic brain injury research and education, potentially undercutting efforts to address head injuries in sports.

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Interesting new article commenting on the quality of CTE research and claims of causality. link.springer.com/article/10…

Epidemiological Principles in Claims of Causality: An Enquiry into Repetitive Head Impacts (RHI)...

Sports Medicine - Determining whether repetitive head impacts (RHI) cause the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)-neuropathological change (NC) and whether pathological...

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Next time you have a craving for chocolate be sure to rule out a lesion in your mesial orbitofrontal cortex... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Newly Developed Craving for Swiss Chocolate

Click on the article title to read more.

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André Picard@picardonhealth
15 Jul 2024
Dr. Brenda Milner, one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, celebrated her 106th birthday today. She also received a copy of her plaque from Canada's Walk of fame. via @CWOFame @TheNeuro_MNI #neuroscience
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CARE Consortium@CareConsortium
20 Mar 2024
As a part of #braininjuryawarenessmonth and as CARE marks 10 years, Dr. McAllister spoke with Indiana University School of Medicine about the study, its progress and the future. Check out the article here: medicine.iu.edu/blogs/resear…

World's largest concussion study marks 10 years

Thomas McAllister, MD, co-leads the CARE Consortium concussion study involving 53,000 collegiate athletes and military cadets.

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Congratulations to Victor Del Bene and colleagues on publication of this great paper in Annals of Neurology!
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Shawn@shawn_eagle
13 Feb 2024
Replying to @BUexperts @bu_cte @annmckeemd @statnews @aWise_MD
Statements like "contact sports cause CTE" are misleading and a major component of why the narrative is outpacing the science. "CTE is associated with playing contact sports in former athletes who donated their brain to a CTE brain bank" would be more appropriate.
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William B. Barr@WB_BARR
2 Apr 2019
Interesting that Huntington's disease (HD) researchers do not claim that CAG repeats cause suicide in HD patients. In contrast, some #CTE researchers characterize suicide as a core symptom, resulting from the presence of abnormal tau. Go figure. n.neurology.org/content/92/1…

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Like what I have been saying... espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/3941…

How CTE fears outran the science

Fear of CTE among football players and their families is high after years of research and publicity around high-profile cases, but some researchers say the narrative around the disease has outpaced...

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After years of hard work, it's finally out! All 1,200 pages of it... global.oup.com/academic/prod…

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Prof. Fiona Wilson@FionaWilsonf
14 Nov 2023
High blood pressure in midlife affects cognition in later life. Great to see this published. Too many retired athletes don't recognise the importance of monitoring blood pressure in mid life. Focus is on effects of brain injury. Hypertension is modifiable journals.lww.com/jhypertensi…
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Cady Block, PhD, ABPP-CN@DocBlock_neuro
21 Aug 2019
Excellent resource: Arabic-language #neuropsychological battery for epilepsy presurgical evaluations: bit.ly/2TPHXy0 @INSneuro @CambUP_Psych @WB_BARR
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Adolescents with ADHD exhibit greater diminishment in cognitive functioning following #concussion . No difference from non-ADHD adolescents in symptom reporting; however, there were group differences in endorsement rates for several individual symptoms. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…

Acute effects of concussion among adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Adolescents with ADHD have a greater lifetime history of concussion and experience concussion-like symptoms in the absence of a concussion, complicating concussion assessment and management. It is ...

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Interesting finding!
Michigan Concussion Center@UMichConcussion
13 Jul 2023
💥New research uncovers gaps in understanding on-field head impacts among #youthfootball players & parents. This valuable insight paves the way for enhanced education & informed consent practices. Check out the article shared by @JAT_NATA to learn more: meridian.allenpress.com/jat/…
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I will be maintaining my faculty status at NYU on a part-time basis for continued teaching and research in addition to starting a private practice (part-time) specializing in forensic neuropsychology. Plan on hearing more from me on Twitter!
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Feeling very lucky to have so many positive experiences and to have established so many great friendships during my career in neuropsychology. My sincere thanks to all of you! Looking forward to the next chapter of my life and career.
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I am happy to announce that I am retiring today from my full-time position as a clinician, educator, and researcher at NYU Medical Center. I have learned a lot from my patients, students, and colleagues over the past 23 years here at NYU. On to a new chapter!
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Here we go! New consensus statement from the Concussion in Sport Group is out!
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@bmj_company
14 Jun 2023
🏉 International expert panel revises management of concussion in sport for optimal care of athletes at all levels of participation 🏑⛸️ @BJSM_BMJ 🔗 bit.ly/43Xj9XF 🔗 @Kat_Schneider7 @jonpatricios #concussioninsport
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Congratulations to Ben!
Benjamin Brett@BenjaminBrett1
23 May 2023
Incredibly honored and grateful to receive this generous award. Equally as excited for the Imagine More Event on June 20th!
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