Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood ...

LONDON — A protein marker of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain may also help diagnose cases of the brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, early data suggest. The condition, which is ...

For now, CTE can only be diagnosed via a posthumous examination of the brain.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a vital protective structure formed by cells lining the blood vessels in the brain. The ...

Recently, the Australian Football League (AFL) was rocked when it was revealed a Geelong player with a history of concussion ...

A gunman who killed four people in Midtown Manhattan on Monday night had a documented history of mental health issues, and wrote that he believed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a ...

BOSTON — The union representing English soccer players has created the first comprehensive protocol for preventing the brain disease CTE, expanding the heightened concern over concussions to include ...