TY - JOUR AU - Mez, Jesse AU - Solomon, Todd M. AU - Daneshvar, Daniel H. AU - Murphy, Lauren AU - Kiernan, Patrick T. AU - Montenigro, Philip H. AU - Kriegel, Joshua AU - Abdolmohammadi, Bobak AU - Fry, Brian AU - Babcock, Katharine J. AU - Adams, Jason W. AU - Bourlas, Alexandra P. AU - Papadopoulos, Zachary AU - McHale, Lisa AU - Ardaugh, Brent M. AU - Martin, Brett R. AU - Dixon, Diane AU - Nowinski, Christopher J. AU - Chaisson, Christine AU - Alvarez, Victor E. AU - Tripodis, Yorghos AU - Stein, Thor D. AU - Goldstein, Lee E. AU - Katz, Douglas I. AU - Kowall, Neil W. AU - Cantu, Robert C. AU - Stern, Robert A. AU - McKee, Ann C. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/10/12 TI - Assessing clinicopathological correlation in chronic traumatic encephalopathy: rationale and methods for the UNITE study JO - Alzheimer's Research & Therapy SP - 62 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive neurodegeneration associated with repetitive head impacts. Understanding Neurologic Injury and Traumatic Encephalopathy (UNITE) is a U01 project recently funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The goal of the UNITE project is to examine the neuropathology and clinical presentation of brain donors designated as “at risk” for the development of CTE based on prior athletic or military exposure. Here, we present the rationale and methodology for UNITE. SN - 1758-9193 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-015-0148-8 DO - 10.1186/s13195-015-0148-8 ID - Mez2015 ER -