CONFERENCE COVERAGE SERIES
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
30 September – 01 October 2012
Meet the New Progressive Tauopathy: CTE in Athletes, Soldiers
Prompted by striking brain pathology in both contact sport athletes and military veterans, scientists are now defining a new disease...
Boxing: Study of Human Model for CTE Enters Second Round
Professional boxing offers a unique opportunity to study the natural history of CTE for an understanding of its presymptomatic pathogenesis and progression...
CTE: Trauma Triggers Tauopathy Progression
What exactly goes on in the brains of people when blows to the head turn into a degenerative tau disease months or even years after the trauma...
Do Tau "Prions" Lead the Way From Concussions to Progression?
A growing number of researchers view age-related neurodegenerative diseases as being due to pathogenic alter egos of otherwise normal proteins...
CTE Needs Consensus on Lifetime Diagnosis
When a new disease emerges, clinicians grapple early on with how to diagnose it...
CTE Advocates Pivot Toward Preventing Concussions in Kids
When a medical examiner reported CTE in former football players who had died young, the specter of neurodegeneration in concussed athletes quickly gained momentum...