Researchers looking into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease linked to repeated head blows, say they have made ...

After Conrad Dobler died in February 2023, his brain was donated to the Boston University CTE Center for research. He was found to have Stage 3 CTE., a degenerative brain disease associated with ...

Soccer heading may cause more brain damage than previously thought ... diseases such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The study found that soccer players who headed the ball at higher ...

For the new study, published in the journal Neurology, physicians looked for signs of possible CTE in brain scans of a living 59-year-old former NFL player. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ...

New Zealand researchers have discovered a telltale marker left in the brain after a concussion – potentially giving doctors a clearer steer on when to stand down players. Around 33,250 cases of mild ...

Dobler, an offensive lineman and a three-time Pro Bowl selection in the 1970s, was diagnosed with Stage 3 CTE. There are four stages of CTE, a degenerative brain disease that can be diagnosed only ...

Concussion damage could linger in an athlete's brain for at least a year ... Related Rule change cut concussion risk for ...

Largest Study of CTE in Male Ice Hockey Players Finds Odds ... based on the extent of cross 'talk' between two regions of the brain, and ... Sep. 24, 2024 — Researchers analyzed 193 patients ...

Bobby Hull, the Hall of Fame forward and two-time NHL MVP who helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, had CTE when he died two years ago, researchers at Boston University's CTE Center found ...

A new study released by the department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University found that 87 of 91 deceased NFL players who were tested were found to have the brain disease CTE. The NFL released ...

7,8 Moreover, postmortem studies of CTE have revealed changes in a number of subcortical and cortical regions ... they have the potential to become clinically useful and readily calculated biomarkers.