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Dr. Ann McKee shares plans for upcoming studies on CTE that will silence critics of her once and for all.

CTE in the military is complex but service member donations represent a very small percentage of those given to the brain banks. Dr. Ann McKee believes that more donations for study means more knowledge that can help others with military experience.

Dr. Ann McKee explains why some people don’t show symptoms in the early stages of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Dr. Ann McKee explains current research on using diagnostic markers to identify CTE in the living.

“I was blown away.” Dr. Ann McKee recounts the first time she saw signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in boxer Paul Pender, who was thought to have had Alzheimer’s disease.

You don’t see it. There’s no blood, no pain. Even though players may not be immediately affected, we’re learning that those thousands of hits provoke neurogenerative disease. Dr. Ann McKee explains.

Punch drunk, dementia pugilistica, post-traumatic encephalopathy, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy — same criteria of diagnosis, the same patterns of change seen in the brain. Dr. Ann McKee explains.

Genes, sleep, an active mind, and when a person starts playing football may all play a factor in the development of CTE. Dr. Ann McKee explains what researchers have learned, and what's on the horizon.

Dr. Ann McKee wants to raise awareness about brain donation. The more brains that researchers have to study, the more information they can gather to help people in the future.