Football

Brain Health

BU CTE Center Study Ties Contact Sports Head Hits to Brain Damage

CTE

NYC Gunman’s Note Referencing NFL Pleads for His Brain to Be Studied for CTE Link

CTE

NIH Awards $15M to BU-Led Effort to Diagnose CTE During Life

CTE

BU Researchers Confirm Former NHL Legend Bobby Hull Had CTE

CTE Series: Part 2

Can CTE Be Diagnosed in Life?

CTE Series: Part 3

Research on CTE and Concussions Changed the NFL. Experts Say That’s Not Enough

CTE Series: Part 4

10 Things BU CTE Center Research Has Taught Us about the Brain Dangers of Contact Sports and Military Service

CTE Series: Part 5

What Is CTE?

CTE Series: Part 1

Searching for Answers—One Brain at a Time

CTE

Researchers Are One Step Closer to Diagnosing CTE During Life, Rather Than After Death

2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?

CTE and Sports

Young Amateur Athletes at Risk of CTE, BU Study Finds

Parkinson’s

Playing Football May Increase the Risk for Developing Parkinson’s Disease

CTE

The Force of Head Hits Raises Likelihood of CTE

Football

New BU Study Finds Tackle Football at Young Age Raises Risk for Brain Decline Later

CTE

BU Finds CTE in Nearly 92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Studied

World Cup

Should You Watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup despite Host Qatar’s “Serious Human Rights Problems”?

CTE in Sports

8 Major Findings and Headlines from BU CTE Researchers in the Past Year

CTE & Sleep Disorder

CTE, Contact Sports Play Linked to REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

CTE and Alzheimer's Disease

We Know Repeated Head Hits Contribute to CTE—but What about Alzheimer’s Disease?