Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center conducts high-impact, innovative research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy and other long-term consequences of repetitive brain trauma in athletes, military personnel, first responders, victims of physical violence, and others affected by head trauma. The mission of the CTE Center is to conduct state-of-the-art research on CTE, including its neuropathology and pathogenesis, clinical presentation, genetics and other risk factors, biomarkers, methods of detection during life, and methods of prevention and treatment.
Latest Stories
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Lack of Association of Informant-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Journal of Neurotrauma | Culhane JE, Jackson CE, Tripodis Y, Nowinski CJ, Dams-O’Connor K, Pettway E, Uretsky M, Abdolmohammadi B, Read more
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Brain morphometry in former American football players: Findings from the DIAGNOSE CTE research project
Brain | Arciniega H, Baucom ZH, Tuz-Zahra F, Tripodis Y, John O, Carrington H, Kim N, Knyazhanskaya EE, Jung LB, Read more
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2x Stanley Cup champion, NHL coach of the year Bob Murdoch diagnosed with stage 3 CTE
Concussion Legacy Foundation | The family of two-time Stanley Cup champion and 1989-90 NHL coach of the year Bob Murdoch Read more