A new study is helping solve the mystery as to why the brain shrinks in a unique pattern, known as atrophy, in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This research provides novel evidence that ...

The problem of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) continues to be studied – and a new Boston University study shows the ...

A new study from researchers at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center is helping solve the mystery as to ...

England rugby icon Steve Thompson tragically struggles to remember the names of his own children and cannot recall parts of ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy pathology influences the effect of first-degree family history of mental illness on aggression among individuals with a history of repetitive exposure to head impacts.

Medically reviewed by Mallory Christopherson DC, FMT, CSCS Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative ...

A study of 77 male hockey players reveals a 96.4% CTE prevalence, highlighting the link between play duration and increased ...

The study included brains from 77 hockey players who died at a median age of 51 years. Overall, 54.5% had CTE, including 27 ...

Eighteen of the 19 NHL players whose brains were studied after death were discovered to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...

Hockey players' chances of developing concussion-related brain injury increase with every year they spend on the ice, a new ...

The largest study ever of 77 deceased male ice hockey players by the Boston University CTE Center found that the odds of ...