Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Florida. Views and opinions my own.
Joined December 2010
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28 Oct 2022
Multi-Modal Biomarkers of Repetitive Head Impacts & Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome: A CPC Series. bit.ly/38zyFlL
@BAsken8 @kbcasaletto @mundada_nidhi @CorrinaFonseca @leoiacca @relajoie @tntt32 @ranjani_ps @raquel_gardner @SalvoSpinaSF @grinberg_t @RabLab_UCSF
ALT Plasma biomarker changes in patients with repetitive head impacts (RHI) and traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES).
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17 Oct 2022
Combined Effects of Synaptic and Axonal Integrity on Longitudinal Gray Matter Atrophy in Cognitively Unimpaired Adults. Axonal and synaptic biomarkers may improve detection of neural changes. bit.ly/3ERPgyK
@CorrinaFonseca @EmilyPaolillo @BAsken8 @ninadjukic @kbcasaletto
ALT Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NfL and ptau181/AĪ²42 effects on gray matter (temporoparietal) trajectories.
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Breton Asken retweeted
6 Oct 2022
The 6th Annual CTE Conference is this month! Join us virtually on Oct. 27 and learn about all the current updates in #CTE research.
Register now: bit.ly/3OSX6dH
Visit cteconference.com for more information.
ALT CTE Conference official flyer
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Breton Asken retweeted
1 Sep 2022
Younes et al. show that right-predominant anterior temporal lobe degeneration is characterized by a progressive decline in semantic knowledge for socioemotionally relevant concepts, and propose that it should be named āsemantic behavioural variant FTDā. bit.ly/3bvnmMy
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Breton Asken retweeted
22 Jul 2022
Amyloid, tau and metabolic PET correlates of cognition in early and late-onset Alzheimerās disease. Findings support tau PET as a biomarker that captures both the clinical severity and molecular pathology specific to AD. bit.ly/3yXs25E
Jeremy A Tanner @RabLab_UCSF
ALT Mean images and group comparisons of biomarkers. (A) Mean interpolated surface projections of average SUVR maps are displayed for EOAD and LOAD subgroups for PIB-PET, FTP-PET, and FDG-PET. (B) Voxel-wise comparisons between groups, with significant differences.
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Breton Asken retweeted
30 Jun 2022
Tanner et al. show that tau and neurodegeneration, but not amyloid, are similarly associated with cognition in both early and late-onset Alzheimerās disease. bit.ly/3AhL0GI
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Breton Asken retweeted
7 Jun 2022
Plasma P-tau181 & P-tau217 in Patients w/ Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome with & w/out Evidence of Alzheimer Disease Pathology. Feasible/scalable biomarker. bit.ly/3asdT82 @BAsken8 @kbcasaletto @relajoie @leoiacca @JulioCRojas10 @raquel_gardner @grinberg_t @RabLab_UCSF
ALT logo for the Neurology Journal
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Breton Asken retweeted
20 May 2022
Multimodal Biomarkers of Repetitive Head Impacts and Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Clinico-Pathological Case Series. 9 patients with prior repetitive head impacts (RHI) classified retrospectively using the TES research framework. bit.ly/38zyFlL
@BAsken8
ALT Common regions of grey matter atrophy in patients with RHI and TES.
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Breton Asken retweeted
4 Mar 2022
NOW ENROLLING: Project S.A.V.E. We're looking for former male & female contact sport athletes age 50 . Results could inform strategies to treat & prevent symptoms associated w/head impacts from contact sports. Study sites @BUMedicine & @UCSFmac. #recruitment
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23 Jan 2022
Annual teddy bear toss has to be in the running for coolest sports traditions ever. Gets better every year.
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šNew 2-year #postdoc opportunity with @raquel_gardner @KristineYaffe for researchers in #TBI and #aging! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/ycktjr87 #epitwitter #AcademicChatter
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14 Jan 2022
And we are especially excited to celebrate our new #BMBH Conference Fellows who will be receiving mentorship & support for community-based research in #cogaging w/in the Black community! Letās go!!ššš½@willmcbride_phd @MrYatesB @_LilBucket @Dkesiaka @victorekuta @casey_laduke
We're happy to announce our Black Mens Brain Health Conference Fellows! @MrYatesB
@_LilBucket @willmcbride_phd @casey_laduke
@Dkesiaka @victorekuta @DrRiveraMindt
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Breton Asken retweeted
25 Nov 2021
The @UCSFmac is offering 4 Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship positions for 2022ā2024. See and share the announcement below for research opportunities. @kbcasaletto @relajoie @PossinKate @ElenaTsoy @BAsken8 @INSneuro @TheAACN
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The Black Men's Brain Health (BMBH) Conference during 2022 Super Bowl week aims to convene academics and community leaders to increase the representation of Black men in brain science research and to reduce brain health disparities among Black men.
mensbrainhealth.org/
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Breton Asken retweeted
29 Jul 2021
Controversy and Progress in Alzheimerās Disease ā FDA Approval of Aducanumab. Dr. Gil Rabinovici provides his perspective on this pivotal and controversial point in Alzheimerās disease treatment. bit.ly/2Wr4l69 @RabLab_UCSF @ucsfhealth @NEJM
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27 Jul 2021
JUST IN: We rank among the Top 10 hospitals in the nation again, and weāre the No. 1 hospital for neurology and neurosurgery, according to @usnews! ucsfh.org/3zEAd5Q #BestHospitals š
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Breton Asken retweeted
17 Jun 2021
Identifying degenerative effects of repetitive head trauma with neuroimaging: a clinically-oriented review. Neuroimaging data includes structural MRI, FDG-PET, AĪ²-PET, and tau-PET. bit.ly/35ra6Cj @BAsken8 @RabLab_UCSF #NIAfundedADRC
ALT Representative slices of antemortem structural T1 magnetic resonance imaging (T1 MRI), FDG-PET, AĪ²-PET (PIB), and tau-PET (FTP) for 2 clinically impaired adults with prior repetitive head trauma meeting criteria for āProbable CTEā (see text for case descriptions).
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Breton Asken retweeted
4 Jun 2021
Shameless self-promotion, but I think this review is worth the read if you are interested in the risk of neurodegenerative disease and TBI
3 Jun 2021
New Article in Press from @BiologicalPsyc1...
Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Neurodegenerative Disorder
biologicalpsychiatryjournal.ā¦
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2 Jun 2021
Florida Gators Team Physician Dr. Jay Clugston garners recognition from @SEC office for outstanding service throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. #GoGators
bit.ly/3fGlWhN
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