Who are they/what did they do?
Define that term
Misc True/False
Misc Fill in the Blank
Name the disease
100
Alois Alzheimer
What is discover Alzheimer's Disease in 1901
100
Athletic exposure
What is an event during which an athlete could be exposed to injury (usually one practice or one game is an event)
100
concussions are the most common athletic injury
What is false;it is actually only 5.5%-6.2% of them
100
Another name for a concussion is __________
What is mTBI or mild traumatic brain injury
100
Wicked hallucinations, man!
What is Lewy Body Disease
200
Steve Gleason
Who is a Pro Football player who has Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
200
Injury rate
What is the number of injuries relative to the total number of athletic exposures
200
Hockey has a greater risk of concussion than football
What is false; hockey has a ~5% risk per year
200
Amyloid-beta plaques (do this)___________
What is interrupt neurotransmitters/communication between neurons by getting "stuck" in the synapses
200
Has two subtypes, one is mood/behavior and the other is cognitive
What is CTE
300
Mike Webster
Who is a Steeler's player whose brain was the first from a football player to be diagnosed with CTE
300
Baseline
What is the pre-injury level of functioning (after a concussion you want to return to baseline before you return to play)
300
Mom forgets where she put her keys all the time. She probably has dementia
What is False
300
Neurofibrillary tangles are made of ________
What is a protein called tau
300
The risk of getting/having this at 85 years old is 50%
What is AD
400
Troy Aikman
Who is a quarterback that had such a severe concussion that he repeated the same conversation over and over again with his agent
400
SMR as referred to in the Lehman article
What is standard mortality rate
400
John forgets to shower and turn off the stove. He probably has dementia.
What is True
400
AD starts in the ______________ [brain structure(s)]
What is temporal lobe/hippocampus
400
One type has a resting tremor starting in either the right or left arm/leg
What is Parkinson's Disease
500
Terry Long
Who is the second Pro Football player whose brain was sent to Omalu, and had CTE
500
subconcussive injury
What is an injury or impact to the brain with adequate g force to have an effect on neuronal functioning but causes no immediate symptoms
500
CTE can been seen on a DTI scan
What is False. It can only be seen and diagnosed (as of now) after death.
500
If you have the APOE e4/e4 combination, your risk of getting AD is _________times more than the average
What is 8 to 12
500
Attacks motor neurons primarily
What is ALS
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