New research criteria appear to accurately identify athletes in sports such as boxing or martial arts who will go on to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Developed in 2021 by the ...

As the 2025 NFL season begins, more people are becoming aware of the risks of concussion. There is also heightened awareness among football players and fans alike of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, ...

Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was found in a small percentage of brains of deceased military personnel, researchers reported. Among 225 consecutive brains from a brain bank of ...

Researchers are closer to diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in people who are still alive, according to a new study from Boston University’s CTE Center. The study connects cognitive ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head impacts that athletes get from contact sports. However, the definitive diagnosis of the ...

Over a period of six years, researchers tracked changes in fighters’ cognitive functioning and brain structure. Of the 130 professional participants, 50 of them met the criteria for traumatic ...

1 Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA 2 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA 3 Harvard ...

On November 9th and 10th, I had the pleasure of directing our annual Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Conference, jointly sponsored by Boston University and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare ...

The neuropsychologist who invented the widely used ImPACT test to help diagnose concussions testified on Wednesday that symptoms experienced by a West Mifflin man hurt on the high school football ...