Currently, the effects of repetitive hits to the head can only be studied pathologically. Chris Nowinski and his colleagues are studying the brains of deceased athletes and service members (whose families donated their brains for research) to learn more about the effects of brain trauma and what might be done to prevent it.
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Posted on BrainLine September 20, 2012.
Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Erica Queen, BrainLine, and Dan Edblom.
About the author: Christopher Nowinski
Chris Nowinski is a co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine and the co-founder and CEO of the Sports Legacy Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to solve the sports concussion crisis.
