Chronic traumatic encephalopathy risk in ice hockey increases with each year played
Study of 77 male hockey players finds 96.4% of professionals had CTE, with risk and severity increasing with each year ...
Tag: Encephalopathy
New study reveals long-term brainstem damage in COVID-19 survivors using advanced MRI scans
Groundbreaking MRI study links brainstem damage to long COVID symptoms in survivors. Study: Quantitative susceptibility mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: ...
Stroop-CN: A rapid diagnostic tool for minimal hepatic encephalopathy
This study is led by Dr. Xiaolong Qi (Center of Portal Hypertension, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, ...
Experts advocate for terminology change in brain injury research
A new editorial published this May in the British Journal of Sports Medicine by experts from Spaulding Rehabilitation, Boston University, ...
WHO calls for urgent action on rising neurological conditions worldwide
A major new study released by The Lancet Neurology shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide were ...
Football players at increased risk for Parkinson's disease, study finds
Identification of risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson's disease ...
Playing tackle football at an early age increases risk for brain decline later
The degenerative brain disease known as CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, has become a specter haunting football. One-time stars-;like the ...
Specific genetic variant linked to early-onset childhood epilepsy discovered
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered a specific genetic variant in SCN1A, the most common genetic epilepsy, ...
Possibility of the first fluid biomarker that reflects brain pathology in primary tauopathies
Tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases associated with aggregated tau proteins. These diseases typically progress over the years, and ...
The potential of Sofosbuvir against COVID-19 neurological symptoms
On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...
