On the other hand, is it possible that Probert already had CTE as a teen?
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According to the lawsuit, 12 cases of CTE have been detected in deceased NFL players.
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Of all the people with CTE in the study, seven had died by committing suicide.
The finding underscores the recognized need for additional research to accelerate a fuller understanding of CTE.
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He joins a list of several dozen football players who were found to have CTE.
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The report showed Seau had CTE, a brain disease linked head trauma, which can lead to depression.
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Seau is not the first former NFL player who killed himself, then was found to have CTE.
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He was also diagnosed with CTE after his death in 2009 after suffering from mental problems for years.
Scientists at BU have found evidence of CTE in the brain of an athlete as young as 18.
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Researchers this month announced they discovered CTE in the brain of Junior Seau, who killed himself last summer.
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The law is designed to be fair, and it is fair to require CTE disclosures, and punish cover ups.
It gives us hope that tragic losses associated with CTE can be prevented.
On a gloomier note, the issue of concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) continues to loom over the sport.
"I was not surprised after learning a little about CTE that he had it, " Seau's 23-year-old son Tyler said.
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"In CTE, only tau is found in abundance, " said Stern, an Alzheimer's expert.
How many hits to the head does it take for CTE to manifest?
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It is another sad day to see another fairly well-established case of CTE.
The researchers at Boston University found CTE in an 18-year-old multisport athlete who had multiple concussions, thanks to football.
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The time has passed for casting blame on what precautions were or were not taken to prevent concussions and CTE.
Mike Webster, an offensive lineman with the Pittsburgh Steelers and also diagnosed posthumously with CTE, was 50 when he died.
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Can the NFL be held responsible for CTE as any OSHA-regulated industry would be responsible for injuries in the workplace?
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"We can't know, unless Junior Seau's" brain is analyzed in this way, whether his death was related to CTE, he said.
The possibility of early detection of CTE and any possible prevention of him suffering from CTE is an extremely exciting prospect.
Now a study tells us we can find CTE in live players, not just deceased players as was previously the case.
"We were saddened to learn that Junior, a loving father and teammate, suffered from CTE, " the family said in a statement.
In a recent study, researchers found CTE in 34 of 35 deceased NFL players whose brains were donated by family members.
Among the signs of CTE are memory loss and poor impluse control.
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The only way to determine if Seau suffered CTE is to analyze the brain tissue for "hallmarks of the dementia-like disease, " Gupta said.
Duerson's case is the first in the CTE narrative in which a player ostensibly took his own life to have his brain studied.
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