Jon Cherry
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Jon Cherry
@jon-cherry.bsky.social
Neuroscientist | Neuroimmunology | Neuropathology | Microglia Research | Director of Digital Pathology Core | Studying neuroinflammation as a result of repetitive head injury at Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center
Excited to share our newest article in Nature, examining the earliest brain changes that occur in young athletes who play contact sports

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes - Nature
Repetitive head impacts from contact sports are associated with brain inflammation, vascular damage and neuron loss that are independent of hyperphosphorylated tau pathology.
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM