慢性创伤性脑病(Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, CTE)是一种神经退行性疾病,它的发生与脑部反复的轻微创伤(Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, MTBI)有关。CTE由Martland博士于1928年首次描述,他观察了一群拳击运动员并将其症状描述为“拳击醉态综合征(Punch trunk syndrome)”。在之后的70多年间,只有零零散散的报道发现...
What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)?CTE is permanent brain damage caused by repeated traumatic brain injuries, such as concussions. A concussion is an injury that causes the brain to hit the skull. Brain tissue is damaged, causing symptoms such as a headache, dizziness, or ringing ...
My analysis reveals two tensions underlying debates about sport-related traumatic brain injury. First, my examination reveals discursive clashes between emotionally charged representations of CTE as an urgent public health problem and commentary cautioning audiences about the scientific uncertainty surrounding ...
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), degenerative brain disease typically associated with repetitive trauma to the head. CTE originally was known as dementia pugilistica, a term introduced in the 1920s and ’30s to describe mental and motor deficits a
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a brain condition associated with repeated blows to the head. It is also associated with the development of dementia.
"We were surprised that the brain pathology was unrelated to signs of concussion, including altered arousal and impaired balance, among others. Our findings provide strong causal evidence linking head impact to [traumatic brain injury] and early CTE, independent of concussion," he stated. ...
because he had a disability (traumatic brain injury from serving in the Navy) and they have to “accommodate” him –though I’m not sure why his TBI overrides my disabilities.Also, let’s face it: no one has ever called the cops on me for being violent and threatening, because I’m...
The first research into the link between football and traumatic brain injury was published in 2005. Since then, the science has become impossible to ignore. In 2017, The Journal of the American Medical Associationpublished the resultsof the autopsies of the brains of 111 deceased former N.F.L...
More than 40% of deceased young people who had been susceptible to repeated head injuries while playing contact sports had evidence on autopsy of the degenerative brain disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a recent study. The authors of the study in JAMA Neurology cautioned ...
The potential adverse effects of sustaining a serious concussion or traumatic brain injury emphasises the need to investigate potential strategies to reduce the incidence, associated risk and ...