A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a sudden hit, jolt, or impact on the head or body, leading to rapid movement of the brain inside the skull.

CTE can only be confidently identified at postmortem and ... as well as facilitate the measurement of disease progression and prognostication. s47 MRI measures of brain atrophy (figure 5A) and NFL ...

A glance at a post-seizure MRI was all it took ... study the effects of injury on brain and spinal cords. It was a partner in the discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease ...

A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are ...

The family of Conrad Dobler, once regarded as the dirtiest player in the NFL, said he had CTE based on a study of his brain ...

The findings suggest that reconsideration of current clinical guidelines, which support MRI only for symptomatic brain lesions, might be warranted, reported Kamran Ahmed, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center ...

There are four stages of CTE, a degenerative brain disease that can be diagnosed only after death. CTE is associated with repeated blows to the head and symptoms such as depression and aggressive ...

The 55-year-old said he hopes that doctors can discover new treatments for those who have suffered concussions before he dies ...