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BU study discovers connection between contact sports, CTE and troubling sleep behaviors – EurekAlert

Repetitive head impacts are associated with development of the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Some individuals diagnosed with CTE after death were reported to suffer from sleep dysfunction, but the type of disorder and its c…

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(Boston)–Repetitive head impacts are associated with development of the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Some individuals diagnosed with CTE after death were reported to suffer from sleep dysfunction, but the type of disorder and its cause has never been formally explored.
A team led by researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine analyzed the brains of 247 athletes donated to the Veteran’s Affairs-Boston University-C…

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