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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They should contact domestic violence survivors as well. I’m sure there are survivors who has cases of cte as well
Whoa, im early!!
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666 xD yay 665 before me, nawt tht bad
Awesome, what a dude
Never felt so bad about mildly hitting my little sister on the head after she purposely annoys me.
TheLittleRussian lol hit her harder, maybe it’s malfunctioning
Yes
Science is awesome and so are you.
So the conclusion is – it is really bad for you to get hit in the head a lot – wow, what a revelation!
Now this is the stuff I wanna see on TED!
When i die i want some scientist to take my brain and upload my consciousness to another body
And where would the consciousness of this body go…?
I’ll donate my brain, but this cause would be a waste since I’ve never had a concussion. But I have bi-polar and would donate to help that. Can you donate your brain to more than one place? I’ll be dead but my ego will be happy that my brain is being studied by scientists around the world. My goal in life is to have my brain in a jar next to Einsteins.
I have bi-polar AND I have had concussions. Even a contusion! Can I cash in on this before my death? 😉
Erik Bakker There are in and out-patient studies that pay money for bi-polar. As far as CTE can only be studied after death
I was being sarcastic. I would do it for free, if I could help other people with it 🙂
When I was younger, mine and my sister’s heads were banged together very hard. It was quite a normal thing back then: “BE QUIET OR I’ll BANG YOUR HEADS TOGETHER!” The 90s wasn’t a very enlightened decade.
this gets me a bit worried as even when young I used to fight with my older brother usually resulting in me getting a beating on my head as well as almost getting a concussion in boxing. I have two failed Suicide attempts and at the age of 24 my memory, concentration and most brain processes are weak. I also have quite severe anxiety and depression, but my doctor said it’s unlikely I started developing the disease, but sometimes I fear for the worst…
Clark Ajuga have you ever thought to get a F-PET Scan? It may reveal some of amigdal and prefrontal activity and a neurologist could search for the prognosis of the lession. Sorry the bad English
Awesome talk, awesome guy.
I believe that cte is very possibly the cause for my severe depression and complete 180° from whom I used to be. It literally happened overnight. I was funny and outgoing and woke up the next day and was hit with crippling depression, almost daily headaches and the other symptoms described.