More NFL Players Realizing Effects of CTE Retire EarlyLewis, Ferd
CTE has been confirmed on autopsy in several NFL athletes, includingDave DuersonandRay Easterlingand recently, Junior Seau. For the new study, researchers used a PET scan -- an imaging test that uses radioactive tracer dye to show how organs and tissues are working -- to try and identify a...
A third of former professional players believe they have football-related brain damage, according to the largest study of its kind involving more than 2,000 players who were in the NFL between 1960 and 2020. "Most had cognitive symptoms," said Rachel Grashow, who conducted the research for t...
Over the past few years, the NFL has been haunted by the early deaths of someformer players whose brains showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. CTE is a neurodegenerative diseasecharacterizedby memory loss, mood disorders, dementia and other brain-related problems. But how prevalent is C...
Advances in understanding the clinical syndrome associated with CTE pathology have been made primarily through retrospective interviews with informants of individuals diagnosed at autopsy with CTE, as well as in vivo studies with participants who are at high risk for CTE, such as former NFL players....
Earlier, McKee found CTE in the brains of 177 of 202 football players at all levels, and in 110 of 111 men who played in the NFL before they died. They ranged in age from 23 to 89 and had played in every position, from linemen to punters. ...
s family was opposed to scientists studying the All-Pro running back’s brain to determine if he suffered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder caused by repeated head injuries affecting many retired football players who suffered multiple concussions during their careers....
Study Suggests Scan Could Detect Evidence of Cte in Living Patients Ex-NFL Players Involved in Brain TestsFor years, researchers have had to use tissue obtainedposthumously to diagnose chronic traumatic...Belson, Ken
Until a few years ago, NFL players who struggled with severe depression, bouts of rage and memory loss in their retirement were often told they were just having a hard time adjusting to life away from the game. Doctors have since learned these changes can be symptoms of the degenerative brai...
In January, scientists atUCLA claimed they were able to find evidence of the disease in five living, retired NFL players. Lead study author Dr. Julian Bailes, director of the Brain Injury Research Institute who had been collaborating with UCLA, at the time said it was the "holy gr...