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 ...

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

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).

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 ...

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 ...

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.