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Suicide in the NFL

Retired NFL player Thomas Jones talks about players who have committed suicide and how that has influenced how he thinks about football, living, and dying.

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Will I Develop Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy from Playing Pro Football?

Will I Develop CTE from Playing Pro Football?

Retired NFL player Thomas Jones wonders if he will develop CTE from cumulative concussions sustained playing football, but there is nothing to do about it but exercise your brain, learn what you can, and share your life with your loved ones.

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The Science and Art of Neuropathology

Neuropathology is like looking at the last frame of a movie. You can deduce a lot from that frame but what you can't deduce is the arc of the story that culminated in that final frame.

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The Pathology of CTE Versus That of Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

So far, research shows that chronic traumatic encephalopathy does not occur in people who have not sustained repetitive hits to the head either in sports or in combat.

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Decoding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Decoding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopthy

Dr. Lee Goldstein explains what exactly this bonafide brain disease is as well as the rogue protein, tau, and how trauma is associated.

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An Interview with Dr. Julian Bailes

CTE has been getting a lot of press — the subconcussive blows, the development of CTE — where do you think this all comes into concern for youth contact sports? Does it really start in these younger kids?

CTE from Abuse, Not Sports?

Symptoms of mild TBI and chronic traumatic encephalopathy can be confusingly similar.

Steven Flanagan, MD

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Sports Injuries

TBI May Be as Complex as Cancer

Breast cancer and pancreatic cancer are both cancers, but are treated differently. The same may be true for different "kinds" of TBI.

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Repetitive Brain Trauma

"We knew it existed in boxing, but we didn't know it was living amongst us ... "

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What Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

CTE is a neurodegeneration, a brain disease that's progressive and characterized by a build-up of a protein called tau.

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Pathology: Still the Most Useful Technique for Studying Diseased Brains

MRIs and CT scans are incredible technology, but pathology still provides an indispensable map, especially when studying a diseased brain.

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What Is Tau and Its Role in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

Tau protein shows up in the brain in other neurodegenerative diseases, but only in this unique, tangled pattern in CTE.

The Science Behind Second Impact Syndrome and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) can have instant, tragic consequences. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), conversely, can have slow and heartbreaking consequences.

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What Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy – and What Should Athletes Know?

What is being done to help protect athletes from repetitive hits to the brain?

Steven Flanagan, MD

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Sports Injuries

Aging After Brain Injury: BrainLine Talks with Dr. Steven Flanagan

What happens to people with TBI as they age?

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Athletes

Research Update: What Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

Studies show that CTE is prevalent in many athletes who had head injuries.

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