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Boosting the blood-brain barrier could avert brain damage in athletes

The neurodegenerative condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy appears to be driven by damage to the blood-brain barrier ...

'Leaky' brain barrier revealed as driver of chronic brain damage in retired combat and collision sports athletes

Research, led by teams at Trinity College Dublin and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center, has pinpointed the mechanism ...
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Repeated head trauma causes brain changes in young athletes before CTE symptoms

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a disease of the dead. Clinical features suggestive of the ...

Chronic Job Stress Causes Brain Damage But 6 Steps Can Protect It

We know that football players and boxers have brain damage from repeated blows. Now brain research reveals chronic job stress ...