Brain autopsies of four former football players reveal not all get chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Preliminary results from the first four brains donated to the Canadian Sports Concussion Project at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, TorontoWesternHospital, reveal that two of the four former Canadian Football League (CFL) players suffered from a brain disease known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), while two did not show signs of CTE.