Why we need to take concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy more seriously by Alan Pearce, The Conversation edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

More by Brandon McManus This article was originally published with the title “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Player's Perspective” in SA Mind Vol. 25 No. 1 (January 2014), p. 42 ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), earlier known as dementia pugilistica, is a rare progressive degenerative disease that afflicts individuals who have suffered repeated concussions and ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, suicides and parasuicides in professional American athletes: the role of the forensic pathologist. The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology. https ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with repetitive head impacts and can be diagnosed only by autopsy after death. Authors write an observation letter ...

Former Pittsburgh Steelers great Mike Webster showed many of the signs of what we know now associate with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): depression, memory loss and dementia. The origins ...

A federal judge rejected a deal between the NFL and former players. The judge argued that the proposed $760 million may not be enough to cover all retired players who become ill due to head ...

Ann McKee, director of Boston University's center for research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, talks this month in Boston about Aaron Hernandez's brain, projected on a screen ...

Junior Seau's death raises questions about brain trauma, chronic traumatic encephalopathy NFL veteran quits, fearing future brain damage PICTURES: NFL players who donated their brains to science ...

Scientists at Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center confirmed in a news release Monday that they identified CTE in 345 out of 376 players in the ongoing study or 91.7% of ...

Researchers have identified evidence of early Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) brain pathology after head impact -- even in the absence of signs of concussion. Early indicators of CTE ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease marked by widespread accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau, could have 2 distinct initial clinical presentations: one with ...