Do Repetitive Head Impacts Cause Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)?

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Published 2023-06-29
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In this clip of the UCLA Brains PORT Podcast Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) episode, Adel, Dr. Chris Nowinski, and Dr. Kevin Bickart discuss whether there is a direct causal relationship between repetitive head injuries and CTE. Dr. Chris Nowinksi is a former WWE professional wrestler and founding CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, an organization with a mission to end CTE through prevention and research, support all affected by concussions and CTE, and achieve smarter sports and safer athletes through education and innovation. You can reach out to the Concussion Legacy Foundation with questions or for guidance at CLF HelpLine | Concussion Legacy Foundation (concussionfoundation.org)

Dr. Kevin Bickart is a physician-scientist and a UCLA Assistant Professor of Neurobehavioral and Sports Neurology within the UCLA BrainSPORT program. Dr. Bickart sees patients suffering from post-concussion symptoms and symptoms secondary to repetitive head injuries, including dementia. Please contact the UCLA BrainSPORT Program at ucla.in/3JpB6q2

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All Comments (3)
  • @kungfuken432
    Moderately low volume, I have to jack up my volume
  • @IamNOTyourSLAVE
    ARE YOU THERE, can you tell me what is happening to me now. I have CTE since early 2000's, actually maybe before then. But now in 2024, the underneath of the top of my scull feels like it has grime stuck underneath it, like its all decayed on the underneath of my skull and it burns... but at the same time, my brain... and my head, both always hurt, I feel pain all the time. I take pain killers of both types and its like they have no affect, even if the pain is very slightly deadened for ten minutes, it just comes back and I have to keep taking more tablets and still the pain remains... the pain does not go away, its there always. The pain is there when I wake up and when I go to sleep, but I cannot sleep properly, I keep being woken up like every twenty minutes or so by very clear loud explosion noises in my head that do not exist... the noises are not real, there in my head and loud bangs, and multiple bangs keep going off in my head that I cannot get a decent nights sleep... because am constantly woken up by loud explosions going off in my head that are not real and do not exist in the real life living world.,,,