POSTED BY GINA DIGRAVIO-BOSTON A new discovery brings researchers one step closer to diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living patients, rather than after death. Years of research have shown that athletes who play high-contact sports—like tackle football and soccer—and endure frequent hits to the head risk developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease. It’s not...
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Everyday people fear they have CTE. A dubious market has sprung up to treat them
December 23, 20215:00 AM ET SACHA PFEIFFER The degenerative brain condition CTE can be diagnosed only through autopsy. But there’s a quiet population of everyday people afraid they have it — and they’re turning to dubious treatments. Boston University CTE Center and Getty Images/Aaron Marin for NPR Cancer, Lee Brush concluded, would be preferable to...
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Study discovers connection between contact sports, CTE and troubling sleep behaviors
by Boston University School of Medicine Repetitive head impacts are associated with development of the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Some individuals diagnosed with CTE after death were reported to suffer from sleep dysfunction, but the type of disorder and its cause has never been formally explored. A team led by researchers at the VA...
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Researchers discover hidden differences between pathology of CTE and Alzheimer’s disease
IMAGE: THESE IMAGES HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES FOUND IN THE TAU FOLDS ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, OR CTE. THEY ALSO SHOW AN UNIDENTIFIED ELEMENT FOUND IN CTE THAT… view more CREDIT: INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INDIANAPOLIS — An international team of scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine, University of Kansas and the U.K. Medical Research Council...
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Genetic risk factor for CTE detected
TMEM106B is one of the first genes to be implicated in CTE. It may partially explain why some athletes present with severe CTE symptoms while others are less affected despite similar levels of head trauma. The study provides preliminary evidence that this genetic variation might help predict which individuals are at greater risk to develop...
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Scientists May Be On The Way To Developing A Test For CTE
Last week, the family of football player Aaron Hernandez ― who hanged himself in a prison cell in April while serving a life sentence for the murder of a friend ― filed a $20 million lawsuit against the NFL and the New England Patriots. Hernandez’s last days were marked by aggression, memory loss and impulsiveness, but it was only after his...