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  • BU CTE brains

    From Tackles to Tangles: Why Head Hits Wreck Some Athletes’ Brains

    • By Elizabeth Svoboda
    Whole brain sections (top) and microscopic sections (bottom) illustrate the differences between the brains of a 65-year-old control subject (left) and John Grimsley (right), a long-time NFL player whose brain condition affected his behavior and who died in his 40s.BU CTE Center Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Steelers […]
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    New Football Helmets Take a Page From Nuclear-Plant Safety

    • By Amos Zeeberg
    These photos show the difference between a healthy brain (left) and one with CTE (right). The tau proteins in all the samples were stained and appear brown.BU CTE Center Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . In 2012, Tim Shaw was still living the rarefied, enviable life of an NFL […]
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