Drs. Lee E. Goldstein and Ann McKee, authors of a paper on chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Gretchen Ertl for The New York Times
Brain Ailments In Veterans Likened To Those In Athletes -- New York Times
Scientists who have studied a degenerative brain disease in athletes have found the same condition in combat veterans exposed to roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, concluding that such explosions injure the brain in ways strikingly similar to tackles and punches.
The researchers also discovered what they believe is the mechanism by which explosions damage brain tissue and trigger the wasting disease, called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., by studying simulated explosions on mice. The animals developed evidence of the disease just two weeks after exposure to a single simulated blast, researchers found.
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Study links athletic, military brain injuries -- CBS/AP
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