Study identifies CTE as cause of dementia

Study identifies CTE as cause of dementia

The largest study of its kind from the Boston University CTE Center reveals that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) should be recognized as a new cause of dementia. The research, published online today in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, studied 614 brain donors that had been exposed to repetitive head impacts, primarily contact sport athletes. By isolating 366 brain donors that had CTE alone, meaning they …