Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in Amateur Athletes - Mayo Clinic

Scientists have recently found evidence that professional athletes are susceptible to a progressive degenerative disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repetitive brain trauma.

Now, researchers on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus have discovered a significant and surprising amount of CTE in males who had participated in amateur contact sports in their youth.

Kevin Bieniek, a predoctoral student in Mayo Graduate School’s Neurobiology of Disease program, shares more on the Mayo study, which was published in the December issue of Acta Neuropathologica.