Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it affects the brain and who is most at risk.

There are four stages of CTE, a degenerative brain disease that can be diagnosed only after death. CTE is associated with repeated blows to the head and symptoms such as depression and aggressive ...

Because it can only be diagnosed with an autopsy, the neurodegenerative disease is difficult to pin in cases of professional ...

Objective To examine the characteristics of those who fulfil the recent National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke (NINDS) Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, CTE is a degenerative brain disorder caused by "repeated head injuries," and it worsens over time, causing issues like dementia, memory loss, gross motor function and ...

Soccer has a concussion problem. So many in and around the game don’t yet realize, or opt for ignorance. But it does. And it might just have a CTE problem, too.

is the latest athlete to announce that he will be donating his brain to researchers studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy. CTE has been linked to repeated concussions and has become a hot ...