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.

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

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Now he probably suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The neurodegenerative condition is linked to repeated blows to the head. His brain is damaged beyond repair.

The extremely low population rate of CTE is in line with similar studies from brain banks in Austria, Australia and Brazil. "The NFL player data should not be interpreted to suggest that 91.7 ...

Families of deceased NFL players pushed an appeals court to reverse a federal court's decision that they must dig up and diagnose the players with CTE to qualify for the NFL's concussion settlement.

But now in hindsight, I understand that he was suffering from the symptoms of CTE due to the repeated trauma his brain and body endured over 11 seasons in the NFL.' Wycheck, a tight end ...

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 ...