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Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Abrahams, Shameemah"
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Mc Fie, Sarah; Abrahams, Shameemah; Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Suter, Jason; Posthumus, Michael; September, Alison V. (Routledge, 2018-04)The objective was to investigate the relationship between Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) rs4680 and serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) genotypes with concussion history and personality traits. ...
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Mc Fie, Sarah; Abrahams, Shameemah; Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Suter, Jason; Posthumus, Michael; September, Alison V. (Elsevier, 2018-01)OBJECTIVES : Personality traits have been proposed to affect the risk of sports concussion, but evidence is limited. Cloninger’s Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) measures novelty seeking, harm avoidance (HA), ...
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Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Abrahams, Shameemah; McFiea, Sarah; Suter, Jason; Posthumus, Michael; September, Alison V. (Elsevier, 2018-02)OBJECTIVES: Concussion refers to changes in neurological function due to biomechanical forces transmitted to the head. The APOE ε4 allele is associated with brain injury severity. The objective was to determine if APOE ...
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Inflammatory and apoptotic signalling pathways and concussion severity : a genetic association study Mc Fie, Sarah; Abrahams, Shameemah; Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Suter, Jason; Posthumus, Michael; September, Alison V. (Routledge, 2018)The objective was to investigate the relationship between IL-1B rs16944, IL-6 rs1800795, and CASP8 rs3834129 genetic polymorphisms and concussion severity. Rugby players from high school, senior amateur, and professional ...
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Chetty, Devina; Abrahams, Shameemah; Van Coller, Riaan; Carr, Jonathan; Kenyon, Colin; Bardien, Soraya (Wiley, 2021-07)A pathological hallmark of the neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease (PD), is aggregation of toxic forms of the presynaptic protein, α-synuclein in structures known as Lewy bodies. α-Synuclein pathology is found ...
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Abrahams, Shameemah; McFie, Sarah; Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Posthumus, Michael; September, Alison V. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-01)Concussion is a common sports injury with approximately 1.6–3.8 million sport-related concussions reported in the USA annually. Identifying risk factors may help in preventing these injuries. This systematic review aims ...
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Unravelling the interaction between the DRD2 and DRD4 genes, personality traits and concussion risk Abrahams, Shameemah; McFie, Sarah; Lacerda, Miguel; Patricios, Jonathan Speridon; Suter, Jason; September, Alison V.; Posthumus, Michael (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)BACKGROUND : Concussion occurs when biomechanical forces transmitted to the head result in neurological deficits. Personality may affect the balance between safe and dangerous play potentially influencing concussion ...
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