Repetitive head impacts appear to be the chief risk factor for CTE — which is characterized by misfolded tau protein that is unlike changes observed from aging, Alzheimer’s disease, or any other br…
Boston University researchers say they have now diagnosed 345 former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy out of 376 former players studied.
The BU researchers noted that they’re not saying 91.7% of all current and former NFL players have CTE because brain bank samples are subject to selection biases. The prevalence of CTE among NFL players is unknown, as CTE can only be diagnosed after death. “While the most tragic outcomes in individuals with CTE grab headlines, we want to remind people at risk for CTE that those experiences are in the minority,” said Ann McKee, director of the BU CTE Center and chief of neuropathology at VA Boston Healthcare System.
In part because of advances in CTE research, the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke recently updated their position on what causes CTE: “CTE is a delayed neurodegenerative disorder that was initially identified in postmortem brains and, research-to-date suggests, is caused in part by repeated traumatic brain injuries.”
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