Monday 19 March 2018

Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE

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Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE

11:20 minutes · TEDxBeaconStreet 20171118

Something strange and deadly is happening inside the brains of top athletes -- a degenerative condition, possibly linked to concussions, that causes dementia, psychosis and far-too-early death. It's called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, and it's the medical mystery that Chris Nowinski wants to solve by analyzing brains after death. It's also why, when Nowinski meets a pro athlete, his first question is: "Can I have your brain?" Hear more from this ground-breaking effort to protect athletes' brains -- and yours, too.

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