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The CTE Center is committed to growing our understanding of CTE through pathology and the VA-BU-SLI Brain Bank. At this time the VA-BU-SLI Brain Bank has over 200 brains. The brain tissue of 59 of 62 deceased former NFL players have been positive for CTE. Just days after a violent opening weekend to the 2015 season, results from an ongoing study show that 87 of 91 former NFL players autopsied by researchers had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease linked to repeat concussions — when they died, according to a Frontline report. Dozens of former players -- including 34 who played in the NFL -- have been diagnosed posthumously with CTE, a neurodegenerative disease linked to dementia, memory loss and depression. NFL Legends Receive Diagnosis. NFL greats Tony Dorsett, Joe DeLamielleure and Leonard Marshall recently received the diagnosis that they have signs of CTE, the degenerative brain disease linked to depression and dementia and attributed by some scientists to head trauma. Email. New figures show that 87 of 91 deceased former NFL players have tested positive for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Figures from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University have identified the degenerative brain disease in 96% of NFL players and 79% of all football players they have examined. 17 of 17. Here's some background information about concussions in the NFL. Reports show an increasing number of retired NFL players who have suffered concussions developed memory and cognitive issues such as dementia, Alzheimer's, depression and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma, including symptomatic concussions as well as subconcussive hits to the head that do not cause symptoms. On the heels of the latest NFL suicide, researchers announced today that 34 NFL players whose brain were studied suffered from CTE, a degenerative brain disease brought on by repeated hits to the head that results in confusion, depression and, eventually, dementia.
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