The Atlantic | Police are still investigating what exactly prompted a gunman to kill four people in a Manhattan office building yesterday evening, but perhaps the clearest aspect of his motive is the condition that he evokes in a note found on his body: chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Read more.
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BU Experts | In addition to their schoolwork and learning how to excel on the ice, Boston University hockey players are educated on a third and important area during their time as Terriers: brain health, head injuries, and concussions. Read more.
Boston.com | A new Boston University study found that hockey players increase their risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, with each year they play. Read more.
NPR | For years as the link between American football and the degenerative neurological disease known as CTE has come into focus, research on other sports had lagged behind, even for contact sports like ice hockey. Read more.
BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | The largest study ever of 77 deceased male ice hockey players by the Boston University CTE Center found that the odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increased by 34% each year played, and 18 of 19 National Hockey League players had CTE. Read more.
TODAY | A 10-episode miniseries entitled “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez” debuts on Sept. 17 on FX. It explores the rise and fall of NFL player Aaron Hernandez — the New England Patriots tight end who was convicted of murder in 2015 and died by suicide in his prison cell two years later. Read more.
Boston.com | Researchers at Boston University have linked certain cognitive and behavioral symptoms in people to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, moving experts one step closer to being able to diagnose and treat the disease during life. Read more.
BU Clinical & Translational Science Institute | Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease defined by hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) protein accumulating in a particular pattern in specific regions of the brain. Read more.
WCVB5 | Scientists at Boston University are reporting a breakthrough in their research of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease known as CTE that has been associated with football players. Watch now.