Communications of the ACM
ACM News
Identifying Signs of Chronic Brain Injury in Living Football Players
Compared to a normal brain on the left, the brain of a former football player, a 59-year-old former linebacker, is riddled with higher amounts of tau protein (non-blue colors).
Credit: UCLA
Eight former pro football players learned this year that they have signs of a degenerative brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition linked to depression, dementia, and memory loss.
From Technology Review
View Full Article
No entries found