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

More information: "Modern Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Retired Athletes: What is the Evidence?" Karantzoulis S, Randolph C. Neuropsychol Rev. 2013 Nov 22.

A new study involved 202 deceased players of American football players’ brains. It was found that Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) could be neuropathologically diagnosed in 177 players.

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that University of Pennsylvania (Penn) football co-captain Owen Thomas ...

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 ...

Weill Cornell Medical College researchers show the feasibility of using gene therapy to treat the progressive neurodegenerative disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

A new study describes 68 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among deceased athletes and military veterans whose brain and spinal cords were donated to the Veterans Affairs CSTE Brain ...

The lasting effects of head trauma in football and tragic stories of NFL players like Junior Seau who have suffered from CTE ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been in the medical literature since the 1920s. It is characterized clinically by diverse neuropsychiatric symptoms, and pathologically by variable ...

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 ...