USF professor studying similarities in Alzheimer's and CTE from head injuries

(University of South Florida (USF Innovation)) A USF physics professor studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a recently discovered brain disease in athletes who have suffered repeated brain trauma from on-field collisions, suggests possibility that CTE can start when an on-field collision generates a 'seed' that spreads within the damaged brain, comparable to 'prion diseases,' such as 'mad cow disease,' where a damaged protein can transmit its damaged state to its healthy counterparts and subsequently induces spreading of protein abnormality.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news