Parkinsonism was linked with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in athletes, an analysis of cross-sectional data suggested. Nearly one in four (24.7%) of 481 deceased contact sports ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE, is a degenerative brain disease that may affect athletes who have had repeated blows to the head.

A recent study from Boston University found that over 90% of NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy while alive, compared to nearly none of the non-athlete brains examined.

A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college athletes -- primarily football players -- who ...

A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in athletes who were under the age of 30 at the time of their death.

THE STUDY DID NOT COMPARE YOUNG ATHLETES TO NON-ATHLETES, ... studied the brains of 152 young athletes who died before age 30 and found that 41% had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, ...

Background In the initial autopsy case studies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), some researchers have concluded that the proteinopathy associated with CTE is the underlying cause of ...

Parkinsonism was linked with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in athletes, an analysis of cross-sectional data suggested. Nearly one in four (24.7%) of 481 deceased contact sports ...

A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in athletes who were under the age of 30 at the time of their death.