Study: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy May Affect Mood, Memory

A new study suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) may affect a patient’s behavior, mood or memory and thinking skills. CTE is commonly associatedwith repeat brain trauma, including concussions in athletes. For the study, researchers studied the brains of 36 male athletes who were diagnosed with CTE posthumously and had no other brain disease. Researchers also studied each subject’s medical records. Of these, 22 of the athletes had mood and behavior issues as their first signs of CTE, and 11 had memory and thinking problems as their first symptoms. Click here to read the full article.