#cte

#CTE isn't just a concern for pro athletes. A study of 152 former contact sport athletes who died before 30 found signs of CTE in 40% of their brains, with many showing #mentalhealth symptoms. A clinical psychologist explains: https://buff.ly/JGtkkNJ

From Concussions to CTE: Unraveling the Brain’s Response to Trauma

#BrainInjury #TraumaticBrainInjury #Concussion #CTE #Neuroimaging #Neurotrauma #BrainHealth #Neurodegeneration #BrainRecovery #Neuroscience

https://youtube.com/shorts/qlyinNKmeh4?feature=share

The Hidden Dangers of Repeated Head Impacts: Understanding CTE and Brain Health

#BrainHealth #CTE #TraumaticBrainInjury #Concussion #Neurodegeneration #TauProtein #Dementia #BrainResearch #Neuroscience #HeadTrauma

https://youtube.com/shorts/sSpS8HleYFY?feature=share

The Science Behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

#BrainHealth #CTE #Neurodegeneration #TraumaticBrainInjury #TauProtein #NeuroPathology #BrainScience #ConcussionAwareness #Neuroscience #ProtectYourBrain

https://youtube.com/shorts/9RmP6TUlBE8?feature=share

From Head Trauma to Psychiatric Disorders: Exploring the Connection

#TraumaticBrainInjury #CTE #BrainHealth #NeuroScience #BrainInjuryRecovery #MentalHealthAwareness #DiffuseAxonalInjury #Neurotrauma #BrainStructure #PsychiatricDisorders #Neurotransmitters #BrainScans #BrainLesions #MoodDisorders #BrainTreatment #NeuroRehabilitation

https://youtube.com/shorts/cmUpFpIJLEw?feature=share

CTE ist eine seltene, fortschreitende Gehirnerkrankung, ausgelöst durch wiederholte Kopfverletzungen – häufig bei Kontakt-Sportlern. Symptome reichen von Gedächtnisproblemen, Stimmungsschwankungen bis zu starker Demenz. Bisher gibt es keine Heilung, nur Therapien zur Linderung. Mehr dazu: https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Was-verbirgt-sich-hinter-der-Erkrankung-CTE-article25931983.html #CTE #Gehirnerkrankung #Demenz #Kopfschäden #Sportmedizin
#newz

Dr. Ann McKee, the director of the Boston University #CTE Center, who has studied thousands of brains of #athletes & others exposed to #brain #trauma, said very little is known about the link between #violent impulsive #behavior & CTE, & that more studies must be done.

“There is damage to the frontal lobes, which can damage decision making & judgment,”she said. “It can also cause impulsivity & rage behaviors, so it’s possible that there’s some connection between brain injury & these behaviors.”

“I would never draw a direct line between someone’s #brain pathology & any specific #violent act because the majority of people who have #CTE never committed anything like this,” Dr. Daneshvar said.

He added that “the majority of people with CTE never engage in violent #behavior at all,” & that just “a fraction of a percent” of people with CTE displayed the type of violent behavior seen in the #shooting on Monday.

[that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a contributing factor]

#football #NFL #trauma

A positive diagnosis would not mean that #CTE necessarily caused the gunman to be violent, experts said. Though people with CTE often have problems with #thinking, #memory & #behavior, there are many factors involved when a person decides to commit a heinous act, said Dr. Daniel H. Daneshvar, chief of #brain injury rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School.

#football #NFL #trauma

But he warned against prematurely blaming #CTE for anyone’s actions.

“#MentalHealth issues come from a lot of different places, not just from #brain injuries or CTE,” Nowinski said. “But I also know the history of this issue, & it’s something that keeps me up at night.”

Regarding the gunman & his request that his brain be studied for CTE, Nowinski said: “It is critical that his brain is studied because this is a #pattern, right?”

#football #NFL

Nowinski is the co-founder of the #Concussion Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit group that supports #athletes & others affected by #concussions & #CTE. He recalled many cases of former #football players found to have CTE after experiencing a drastic change of personality leading to erratic #behavior, poor decision-making &, in some cases, #violence that included #murder.

#NFL #brain #trauma

“Study my brain please,”the note said.

Duerson, Seau & Bramwell were found to have #CTE, which can be diagnosed only posthumously.

It will take weeks, or possibly months, to determine if the gunman had CTE, acc/to neuropathology experts.

Chris Nowinski, a fmr pro wrestler & Harvard #football player who for years has been pushing #sports leagues to acknowledge the link between the #brain disease & #concussions, said a CTE diagnosis requires the…study of 20 different regions of the brain.

#NFL

The shooter in Midtown Manhattan on Monday was the latest former #football player to choose this fate, though only after more carnage. The gunman, #ShaneTamura, shot himself in the chest after killing 4 others. The police said Tamura, who played high school football in California, carried a note that referred to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or #CTE, the degenerative #brain disease that has been linked to repeated blows to the head in contact sports.

#NFL #trauma

“I would like that to be done,” Mr. Bramwell said into the camera in a video shared with The New York Times by his parents. “I want you all to be happy that I’m free and that I can rest easy, because my life for the past four years has been a living hell inside of my head. I love you. And goodbye.”

#football #NFL #CTE #brain #trauma

Dave Duerson, the #ChicagoBears great, took his life that way in 2011, & Junior Seau, a Hall of Fame linebacker, did the same a year later. Even a teenager in Missouri, Wyatt Bramwell, killed himself that way in 2019, after recording a sober farewell to his family. He requested that his father donate his #brain to researchers.

#football #NFL #CTE

The Familiar Suicide & Final Wish of the NYC Gunman

#ShaneTamura is not the first former #football player to shoot himself in the chest & request that his #brain be examined.

The scenario has become grimly familiar to football fans: A former player experiencing cognitive issues kills himself with a gunshot to his chest, rather than his head, to allow for his brain to be examined for the disease linked to repeated blows sustained on the field.

#NFL #CTE
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/us/nfl-cte-suicides-violence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Headline writers at #HuffPost think that a disease affecting 40% of football players under 30 years old, and is detected in autopsies of 90% of former #NFL players, is “a rare disease”. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cte-illness-nyc-shooting_l_6888d304e4b0d2f593269ad0

#Whitewashing #CTE #BrainInjuries

The NYC shooting suspect reportedly claimed to have the brain disease CTE. What is it?

@abc explains chronic traumatic encephalopathy: https://flip.it/fb19p4

#CTE #NYC #Shooting #News #Brain #Health

The Guardian: New York shooting: gunman said in note that playing football gave him CTE

"... the New York police department (NYPD) is investigating whether he was targeting the NFL, having blamed the organisation for his perceived brain injuries...."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/29/new-york-shooting-gunman-cte

#tbi #cte #braininjury #football #nfl #crime

Investigators Tues are focusing on whether a gunman was targeting the #NFL when he killed 4 people in Midtown #Manhattan, including a police officer.

Mayor Eric Adams said the authorities “have reason to believe that he was focused on the NFL,”which has offices at 345 Park Avenue. Adams said a note found on the gunman mentioned the NFL & claims that the man suffered from #CTE from playing football. It asks that his brain be examined for signs of CTE.

#MassShooting #NYC
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/29/nyregion/nyc-shooting-manhattan/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share