Traumatic brain injury, symptoms of depression and sleep dysfunction in former elite rugby players

Axel A S Laurell, Maria-Eleni Dounavi, Audrey Low, Elijah Mak, Maja Swirska, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Benjamin R Underwood, Yves Dauvilliers, Ivan Koychev, Brian A Lawlor, Lorina Naci, Paresh Malhotra, William Stewart, Craig W Ritchie, John T O’Brien, Unknown, Katie Bridgeman, Leonidas Chouliaras, Siobhan Coleman, Hannah Darwin, Maria-Eleni Dounavi, Feng Deng, Robert Dudas, Sarah Gregory, Ivan Koychev, Brian Lawlor, Audrey Low, Clare Mackay, Elijah Mak, Paresh Malhotra, Graciela Muniz-Terrera, Lorina Naci, John O’Brien, Vanessa Raymont, Craig Ritchie, Li Su, Peter Swann, Tony Thayanandan, Guy Williams

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DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcag404
Published: 2026
Container: Brain Communications
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/braincomms/fcag404,
  title = {Traumatic brain injury, symptoms of depression and sleep dysfunction in former elite rugby players},
  author = {Axel A S Laurell and Maria-Eleni Dounavi and Audrey Low and Elijah Mak and Maja Swirska and Graciela Muniz-Terrera and Benjamin R Underwood and Yves Dauvilliers and Ivan Koychev and Brian A Lawlor and Lorina Naci and Paresh Malhotra and William Stewart and Craig W Ritchie and John T O’Brien and Unknown and Katie Bridgeman and Leonidas Chouliaras and Siobhan Coleman and Hannah Darwin and Maria-Eleni Dounavi and Feng Deng and Robert Dudas and Sarah Gregory and Ivan Koychev and Brian Lawlor and Audrey Low and Clare Mackay and Elijah Mak and Paresh Malhotra and Graciela Muniz-Terrera and Lorina Naci and John O’Brien and Vanessa Raymont and Craig Ritchie and Li Su and Peter Swann and Tony Thayanandan and Guy Williams},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Brain Communications},
  doi = {10.1093/braincomms/fcag404},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcag404}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Traumatic brain injury, symptoms of depression and sleep dysfunction in former elite rugby players
AU  - Axel A S Laurell
AU  - Maria-Eleni Dounavi
AU  - Audrey Low
AU  - Elijah Mak
AU  - Maja Swirska
AU  - Graciela Muniz-Terrera
AU  - Benjamin R Underwood
AU  - Yves Dauvilliers
AU  - Ivan Koychev
AU  - Brian A Lawlor
AU  - Lorina Naci
AU  - Paresh Malhotra
AU  - William Stewart
AU  - Craig W Ritchie
AU  - John T O’Brien
AU  - Unknown
AU  - Katie Bridgeman
AU  - Leonidas Chouliaras
AU  - Siobhan Coleman
AU  - Hannah Darwin
AU  - Maria-Eleni Dounavi
AU  - Feng Deng
AU  - Robert Dudas
AU  - Sarah Gregory
AU  - Ivan Koychev
AU  - Brian Lawlor
AU  - Audrey Low
AU  - Clare Mackay
AU  - Elijah Mak
AU  - Paresh Malhotra
AU  - Graciela Muniz-Terrera
AU  - Lorina Naci
AU  - John O’Brien
AU  - Vanessa Raymont
AU  - Craig Ritchie
AU  - Li Su
AU  - Peter Swann
AU  - Tony Thayanandan
AU  - Guy Williams
PY  - 2026
JO  - Brain Communications
DO  - 10.1093/braincomms/fcag404
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APA

Laurell, A. A. S., Dounavi, M., Low, A., Mak, E., Swirska, M., Muniz-Terrera, G., Underwood, B. R., Dauvilliers, Y., Koychev, I., Lawlor, B. A., Naci, L., Malhotra, P., Stewart, W., Ritchie, C. W., O’Brien, J. T., Unknown, Bridgeman, K., Chouliaras, L., Coleman, S., Darwin, H., Dounavi, M., Deng, F., Dudas, R., Gregory, S., Koychev, I., Lawlor, B., Low, A., Mackay, C., Mak, E., Malhotra, P., Muniz-Terrera, G., Naci, L., O’Brien, J., Raymont, V., Ritchie, C., Su, L., Swann, P., Thayanandan, T., & Williams, G. (2026). Traumatic brain injury, symptoms of depression and sleep dysfunction in former elite rugby players. Brain Communications. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcag404

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