Those caring for people who are at an increased risk of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) are more likely to turn to social media for answers than physicians, according to research from UTHealth Houston.
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In the eighth minute of their Fifa men's World Cup match against England, Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand collided face-first with a teammate. The clash left the keeper bloodied, unsteady on his feet, and apparently ...
Nov 25, 2022
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Researchers from the BU CTE Center have found that immune-related proteins could help differentiate between neurodegenerative diseases and provide additional candidates for biomarkers or new therapeutic targets.
Nov 21, 2022
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Tackling drills are typically a staple of high school football practices, but new research suggests dropping them from training might cut the risk of head hits.
Oct 13, 2022
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The risk of neurodegenerative disease among former Scottish international rugby union players is more than double that of the general population, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & ...
Oct 4, 2022
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How could two individuals who both played football for 10 years and developed CTE have different disease severity? How could some individuals develop dementia in their 50's while other never develop dementia at all? Perhaps ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Since 2008, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have been studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and while much has been learned, diagnosing the disease still needs to be done post-mortem on autopsied ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported the discovery of a novel mechanism by which pathological forms of tau protein cause neurons to die. Alzheimer's ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease linked to the repetitive head impacts that athletes get from playing contact sports. According to a new preliminary study, each additional year of playing ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Researchers from two independent research teams have discovered how the mislocalization of a protein, known as TDP-43, alters the genetic instructions for UNC13A, providing a possible therapeutic target that could also have ...
Feb 28, 2022
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