2022
Russell, ER, Mackay, DF, Lyall, D, Stewart, K, MacLean, JA, Robson, J, Pell, JP, Stewart, W (2022). Neurodegenerative disease risk among former international rugby union players. J Neurol Neurosurg Psych Epub ahead of print: doi:10.1136/jnnp-2022-329675
Stewart, W, Carson, A (2022). Heading in the right direction. Nature Rev Neurol 18, 573-574
Lyall, D., Russell, E., Ward, J., & Stewart, W. (2022, June 20). History of traumatic brain injury is associated with impaired cognition and imaging evidence of altered white matter tract integrity in UK Biobank (n=47,920). https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7wb9n
Lyall, D. M. , Quinn, T. , Lyall, L. M., Ward, J. , Anderson, J. J. , Smith, D. J. , Stewart, W. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Bailey, M. E.S. and Cullen, B. (2022) Quantifying bias in psychological and physical health in the UK Biobank imaging sub-sample. Brain Communications, 4(3), (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac119) (Early Online Publication)
Koessinger, A. L. et al. (2022) Increased apoptotic sensitivity of glioblastoma enables therapeutic targeting by BH3-mimetics. Cell Death and Differentiation, (doi: 10.1038/s41418-022-01001-3) (Early Online Publication)
Ameen-Ali, K.E., Bretzin, A., Lee, E.B. et al. Detection of astrocytic tau pathology facilitates recognition of chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathologic change. acta neuropathol commun 10, 50 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-022-01353-4
2021
Petermann-Rocha, F. et al. (2021) Dose-response association between device-measured physical activity and incident dementia: a prospective study from UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 19, 305. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02172-5)
Russell, E. R., Mackay, D. F. , Stewart, K., MacLean, J. A., Pell, J. P. and Stewart, W. (2021) Association of field position and career length with risk of neurodegenerative disease in male former professional soccer players. JAMA Neurology, 78(9), pp. 1057-1063. (doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2403) (PMID:34338724) (PMCID:PMC8329793)
Bretzin AC, Covassin T, Wiebe DJ, Stewart W. Association of Sex With Adolescent Soccer Concussion Incidence and Characteristics. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(4):e218191. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8191
Russell, E.R., McCabe, T., Stewart, W. (2021) Not all adverse health outcomes in former contact sports athletes are concussion related. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, doi:10.1136/jnnp-2020-324672
Smith, D.H., Dollé, JP., Ameen-Ali, K.E. et al. COllaborative Neuropathology NEtwork Characterizing ouTcomes of TBI (CONNECT-TBI). acta neuropathol commun 9, 32 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-021-01122-9
Bieniek, KF, Cairns, NJ, Crary, JF et al (2021). The Second NINDS/NIBIB Consensus Meeting to Define Neuropathological Criteria for the Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 80, 210-219
Stewart, W. (2021) Sport associated dementia: Prevention remains the only cure. British Medical Journal, 372, 168. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.n168) (PMID:33478970)
2020
Arena JD, Johnson VE, Lee EB, Gibbons GS, Smith DH, Trojanowski JQ, Stewart W. Astroglial tau pathology alone preferentially concentrates at sulcal depths in chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathologic change. Brain Communications, , (2)2 fcaa210, Epub 2020 December 03.
Morin, A., Mouzon, B., Ferguson, S. et al. (2020) Nilvadipine suppresses inflammation via inhibition of P-SYK and restores spatial memory deficits in a mouse model of repetitive mild TBI. Acta Neuropathol Commun,8, 166
Russell, E. R., McCabe, T., Mackay, D. F. , Stewart, K., MacLean, J. A., Pell, J. P. and Stewart, W. (2020) Mental health and suicide in former professional soccer players. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-323315
Smith, D.H., Stewart, W. ‘Concussion’ is not a true diagnosis. Nat Rev Neurol (2020).
Arena, J. D., Smith, D. H., Lee, E. B., Gibbons, G. S., Irwin, D. J., Robinson, J. L., Lee, V. M.-Y., Trojanowski, J. Q., Stewart, W. and Johnson, V. E. (2020) Tau Immunophenotypes in chronic traumatic encephalopathy recapitulate those of aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Brain, 143(5), (doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa071)
Smith, D. H. and Stewart, W. (2020) Genetic interplay with soccer ball heading. Nature Reviews Neurology, 16(4), pp. 189-190. (doi: 10.1038/s41582-020-0334-6) (PMID:32152459)
2019
Mackay, D. F. , Russell, E. R., Stewart, K., MacLean, J. A., Pell, J. P. and Stewart, W. (2019) Neurodegenerative disease mortality among former professional soccer players. New England Journal of Medicine, 381(19), pp. 1801-1808. (doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908483) (PMID:31633894)
Rutherford, A, Stewart, W, Bruno, D (2019). Heading for trouble: is dementia a game changer for football? Br J Sports Med, 53, 321-322
Lee, E. B., Kinch, K., Johnson, V. E., Trojanowski, J. Q., Smith, D. H. and Stewart, W. (2019) Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a common co-morbidity, but less frequent primary dementia in former soccer and rugby players. Acta Neuropathologica, 138(3), pp. 389-399. (doi: 10.1007/s00401-019-02030-y) (PMID:31152201) (PMCID:PMC6689293)
Kinch, K., Fullerton, J. L. and Stewart, W. (2019) One-hundred years (and counting) of blast-associated traumatic brain injury. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 165(3), pp. 180-182. (doi: 10.1136/jramc-2017-000867) (PMID:29326126)
Russell, E.R., Stewart, K., Mackay, D.F. , MacLean, J.A., Pell, J.P. and Stewart, W. (2019) Football’s InfluencE on Lifelong health and Dementia risk (FIELD): protocol for a retrospective cohort study of former professional footballers. BMJ Open,(Accepted for Publication)
Stewart, W. et al. (2019) Primum non nocere: a call for balance when reporting on CTE. Lancet Neurology, 18(3), pp. 231-233.(doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30020-1)
Mouzon, B., Bachmeier, C., Ojo, J. O., Acker, C., Ferguson, S., Crynen, G., Davies, P., Mullan, M., Stewart, W. and Crawford, F. (2019) Chronic white matter degeneration, but no tau pathology at 1-year post-repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in tau transgenic model. Journal of Neurotrauma, 36(4), pp. 576-588. (doi:10.1089/neu.2018.5720)(PMID:29993324)
Smith, D. H., Johnson, V. E., Trojanowski, J. Q. and Stewart, W. (2019)Chronic traumatic encephalopathy — confusion and controversies.Nature Reviews Neurology, (doi:10.1038/s41582-018-0114-8) (Early Online Publication)
2018
Zanier, E. R. et al. (2018) Induction of a transmissible tau pathology by traumatic brain injury. Brain, 141(9), pp. 2685-2699.(doi:10.1093/brain/awy193) (PMID:30084913)(PMCID:PMC6113646)
Mouzon, B. et al. (2018) Impact of age on acute post-TBI neuropathology in mice expressing humanized tau: a Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study. Brain Injury,(doi:10.1080/02699052.2018.1486457) (PMID:29927671) (Early Online Publication)
Ojo, J. O., Leary, P., Lungmus, C., Algamal, M., Mouzon, B., Bachmeier, C., Mullan, M., Stewart, W. and Crawford, F. (2018) Subchronic pathobiological response following chronic repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in an aged preclinical model of amyloid pathogenesis.Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 77(12), pp. 1144-1162. (doi:10.1093/jnen/nly101) (PMID:30395237)
Giza, C. C., Stewart, W. and Prins, M. L. (2018) Building good policy from good science — the case for concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. JAMA Pediatrics, 172(9), pp. 803-804.(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1645) (PMID:29987335)
Johnson, V. E., Weber, M. T., Xiao, R., Cullen, D. K., Meaney, D. F., Stewart, W. and Smith, D. H. (2018) Mechanical disruption of the blood-brain barrier following experimental concussion. Acta Neuropathologica, 135(5), pp. 711-726. (doi:10.1007/s00401-018-1824-0) (PMID:29460006)
Edlow, B. L. et al. (2018) Multimodal characterization of the late effects of traumatic brain injury: a methodological overview of the Late Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury Project. Journal of Neurotrauma, 35(14), pp. 1604-1619. (doi:10.1089/neu.2017.5457)(PMID:29421973)
Mouzon, B. C. et al. (2018) Lifelong behavioral and neuropathological consequences of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 5(1), pp. 64-80. (doi:10.1002/acn3.510) (PMID:29376093)(PMCID:PMC5771321)
Pischiutta, F. et al. (2018) Single severe traumatic brain injury produces progressive pathology with ongoing contralateral white matter damage one year after injury. Experimental Neurology, 300, pp. 167-178. (doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.11.003)(PMID:29126888)
2017
Maas, AIR, Menon, DK, Adelson, PD et al (2017). Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research. Lancet Neurology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30371-X
Wilson, L., Stewart, W. , Dams-O’Connor, K., Diaz-Arrastia, R., Horton, L., Menon, D. K. and Polinder, S. (2017) The chronic and evolving neurological consequences of traumatic brain injury. Lancet Neurology, 16(10), pp. 813-825. (doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30279-X)
Gouttebarge, V., Aoki, H., Lambert, M., Stewart, W. and Kerkhoffs, G.(2017) A history of concussions is associated with symptoms of common mental disorders in former male professional athletes across a range of sports. Physician and Sportsmedicine,(doi:10.1080/00913847.2017.1376572) (PMID:28870119) (Early Online Publication)
Johnson, V. E., Stewart, W. , Arena, J. D. and Smith, D. H. (2017)Traumatic brain injury as a trigger of neurodegeneration. In: Beart, P., Robinson, M., Rattray, M. and Maragakis, N. J. (eds.) Neurodegenerative Diseases: Pathology, Mechanisms, and Potential Therapeutic Targets. Series: Advances in neurobiology, 15 (15). Springer International Publishing, pp. 383-400. ISBN 9783319571911 (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57193-5_15)
Rutherford, A., Stewart, W. and Bruno, D. (2017) Heading for trouble: is dementia a game changer for football? British Journal of Sports Medicine, (doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-097627) (Early Online Publication)
Ferguson, S., Mouzon, B., Paris, D., Aponte, D., Abdullah, L., Stewart, W. , Mullan, M. and Crawford, F. (2017) Acute or delayed treatment with anatabine improves spatial memory and reduces pathological sequelae at late time-points after repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 34(8), pp. 1676-1691. (doi:10.1089/neu.2016.4636) (PMID:27889957)
McMillan, T.M., McSkimming, P., Wainman-Lefley, J., Maclean, L.M., Hay, J., McConnachie, A. and Stewart, W. (2017) Long-term health outcomes after exposure to repeated concussion in elite level: rugby union players. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 88(6), pp. 505-511. (doi:10.1136/jnnp-2016-314279)(PMID:27951526)