Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
A collaboration led by Boston University CTE Center researchers has gotten us one step closer to a diagnostic tool for CTE in living people. Using advanced brain imaging technology, researchers from BU, Harvard, Brigham & Women’s, Banner, VA Boston, Arizona State, and Mayo Clinic studied the brains of living former NFL players with symptoms consistent with CTE. The researchers found higher levels of abnormal tau protein in the specific brain regions affected by CTE in the former NFL players as compared to controls.
Learn more about CTE: concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources
Learn more about how you can get involved in research, learn more about CTE, and find resources at ConcussionFoundation.org/CTE
A collaboration led by Boston University CTE Center researchers has gotten us one step closer to a diagnostic tool for CTE in living people. Using advanced brain imaging technology, researchers from BU, Harvard, Brigham & Women’s, Banner, VA Boston, Arizona State, and Mayo Clinic studied the brains of living former NFL players with symptoms consistent with CTE. The researchers found higher levels of abnormal tau protein in the specific brain regions affected by CTE in the former NFL players as compared to controls.
Learn more about CTE: concussionfoundation.org/CTE-resources
Learn more about how you can get involved in research, learn more about CTE, and find resources at ConcussionFoundation.org/CTE
