CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease often linked to contact sports, has long been characterized by tau protein ... sulcus is a feature of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and associated ...

Because it can only be diagnosed with an autopsy, the neurodegenerative disease is difficult to pin in cases of professional athletes and ex-military who've suffered repeated head trauma. Dr. Julian ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE ... The trauma or force also causes inflammation and stores a protein called tau in different parts of the brain, which can damage your brain tissues.

Objective To examine the characteristics of those who fulfil the recent National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke (NINDS) Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy ...

partners.org Background In the initial autopsy case studies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), some researchers have concluded that the proteinopathy associated with CTE is the underlying ...

including an increase in phosphorylated tau protein. “It seems like animals like muskoxen and bighorn sheep get traumatic brain injuries,” says Icahn evolutionary biologist Nicole Ackermans, who ...

We often hear the word “concussion” associated with athletic injuries, but anyone can be susceptible to this mild traumatic brain injury. Concussions result in an alteration of brain function, caused ...

Former Pro Bowl guard Conrad Dobler, once dubbed the NFL's "dirtiest player," had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in 2023, his family announced through the ...

The performance of neurodegenerative biomarkers-neurofilament light chain (NfL), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), tau, and ubiquitin ... minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) has not been ...

And the game took a major step forward in tackling the issue with the announcement Friday that the NHL Players' Association is forming a committee to study chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...