New Study Could Help Diagnose CTE Before Death

Yorghos Tripodis, Professor of Biostatistics at Boston University School of Public Health, discusses a new study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) that could provide the tools to diagnose the disease in life.
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Clinical knowledge about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has come a long way, but there is still much to learn about this neurodegenerative disorder caused by repeated head injuries over time. While doctors have identified suspected CTE cases in patients while they are alive, the disease can only be fully confirmed through an autopsy after death.
But now, a new study coauthored by School of Public Health researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center provides the most definitive data to date that links CTE pathology to symptoms patients experience during life.
The researchers found that the amount of p-tau pathology across the brain, predominantly in the frontal lobe, was associated with more cognitive and functional symptoms. The amount of p-tau pathology in the frontal lobe was also associated with more neurobehavioral symptoms, but they observed a higher correlation with cognitive symptoms.
With these results, researchers inch closer to building criteria for doctors to utilize, with the hope of being able to fully diagnose CTE in patients while they are still alive.
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