Abstract:THE USE OF ALPHA LIPOIC ACID AS TAU PROTEIN DEGENERATION INHIBITOR ON PREVENCE CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHYABSTRACTIntroduction: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is progressive neurodegenerative syndrome caused by repeated blunt object injury affects the head. This condition results in degeneration of tau, a protein that can help stabilize and support certain structures in brain’s cells, including internal transport system of the brain’s cell. Repeated injuries cause the degeneration of tau proteins … Show more
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