A new type of degenerative brain disease, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), was recognized just a decade or so ago, and remains relatively unknown. In the disease ...

While attempts have been made to further define CTE, there remains debate about what the different observed changes in the brain mean ... such as Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

A new study of nearly 2,000 former NFL players found that one in three of those surveyed believe they have the degenerative brain disease CTE, which has affected hundreds of professional football ...

Researchers have not made a direct link between Hernandez’s disease and his behavior. Here what to know about CTE and Hernandez's brain. CTE is an incurable degenerative brain disorder that ...

Problems with blood vessels in the brain are recognized as some of the earliest changes that can lead to memory loss and other symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. These ...

Scientists believe the locus coeruleus is the brain region most vulnerable to the physical changes caused by Alzheimer’s disease, with signs of the illness possibly appearing years — or even ...

The genetic disease Huntington's not only affects nerve cells in the brain but also has widespread effects on microscopic blood vessels according to research. These changes to the vasculature were ...

and his family immediately blamed CTE, the degenerative brain disease that is often caused by repeated concussions. Kristjan Lautens is a staff reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in ...

A new type of degenerative brain disease, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), was recognized just a decade or so ago, and remains relatively unknown. In the disease ...