Review Article

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Review

Table 4

Clinicopathological correlations [5].

Damage areaClinical presentation

Hippocampus
Entorhinal cortex
Medial thalamus
Early deficits in memory

Frontal cortex and underlying
white matter
Dysexecutive symptoms

Dorsolateral parietal
Posterior temporal
Occipital cortices
Visuospatial difficulties

Substantia nigra
Pars compacta
Parkinsonian motor features

Cortical and subcortical frontal damage
Cerebellar tract injury in brainstem
Gait disorder: staggered, slowed, ataxic

Brainstem nuclei
(hypoglossal/oculomotor)
Dysarthria, dysphagia,
ocular abnormalities

AmygdalaAggression and violent outbursts