Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it affects the brain and who is most at risk.

Because it can only be diagnosed with an autopsy, the neurodegenerative disease is difficult to pin in cases of professional ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, CTE is a degenerative brain disorder caused by "repeated head injuries," and it worsens over time, causing issues like dementia, memory loss, gross motor function and ...

Researchers at the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center at Boston University studied Wycheck's brain after his death to determine the diagnosis, his family said. The neurodegenerative disease ...

Frank Wycheck was right: His brain had been ravaged by football. Researchers at Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy ... inability to adjust to ‘normal’ life after the ...