Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Research

Recognition of CTE during an autopsy remains limited and as a result, it is not clear how often evidence of CTE goes undetected in ______

CTE can only be properly diagnosed in an autopsy by examining sections of the ______

Treatment for CTE is based around ______ treatments

Researchers are still trying to understand how repeated head traumas and other factors might contribute to the changes in the ______ that seem to result in CTE

Researchers do not know the number and types of head impacts that increase the risk for ______

Not all athletes who experience repeated concussions go on to develop ______

CTE has been diagnosed in people without a history of head or brain ______

The link between sport-related concussion and CTE is based on ‘low-level evidence’, such as case studies which cannot establish a ______ relationship between concussion and CTE

Genetics play a role in the risk factors for developing ______

Researchers are still investigating how genetics may influence the development of ______ in individuals exposed to head traumas