BOSTON, MA — A new study finds head injuries from contact sports can cause brain cell loss long before the onset of CTE. Jonathan Cherry and his team at Boston University studied the donated brains of ...
A new study of young athletes led by researchers at Boston University has found that repeated hits to the head can kill brain cells and may lead to long-term brain damage, even before the onset of ...
A cascade of brain injuries was evident in contact sport athletes long before they had signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), autopsy data showed. The injuries led to neuron loss, ...