Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it ...

If it walks like a duck, it quacks, it has webbed feet and water goes off its back, it’s not a zebra: It’s CTE.” ...

The three-time Pro Bowler's family confirmed the diagnosis of CTE, a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head, in a statement Thursday. "Our family is grateful to learn of ...

Researchers at Boston University confirmed that Frank Wycheck, an Archbishop Ryan High School star, had Stage 3 Chronic ...

After his death, Wycheck's family teamed up with Boston University's CTE Center to study his brain, and it was revealed that he tested positive for Stage III CTE. “The family of late Tennessee ...

Families of deceased NFL players pushed an appeals court to reverse a federal court's decision that they must dig up and ...

They removed a slaughterhouse pig’s brain from its head and deprived it of oxygen at room temperature for four hours. Then, ...

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating hereditary disorder that strikes ...

Nov. 26, 2024 — Healing the gut may be the key to improving long-term recovery in stroke patients, scientists have found. The latest of multiple studies highlights the potential of this novel ...

Approximately 23 years before a clinical diagnosis, CSF analysis showed very early signs of neurodegeneration with elevated ...

Autophagy, the process by which cells recycle damaged components, has long been associated with neuroprotection. However, the ...