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, the ...

Repetitive head injuries may cause degenerative brain disease CTE, but causation is not yet established. ... there remains debate about what the different observed changes in the brain mean.

Approximately one-third of former football players believe they have a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a new survey.

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 ...

Dr. Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, addresses an audience on the school's campus Thursday ...

Chris Simon died by suicide in March 2024 at age 52 in his hometown of Wawa, Ontario and his family immediately blamed CTE, the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, that is ...