Football Facts
This rough sport was discussed in the article.
What is American football?
The brain disease discussed in the article.
What is CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy)?
The number of former football players’ brains studied.
What is 202?
One type of problem CTE can cause besides thinking issues.
What are mood or behavioral problems?
Scientists say preventing these is important in contact sports.
What are concussions/head impacts?
Repeated hits to this body part can lead to CTE.
What is the brain (or head)?
These are serious brain injuries caused by blows to the head.
What are concussions?
The number of players found to have CTE.
What is 177?
Anxiety and depression are examples of these.
What are mood problems?
The study’s authors warned that the brains may not represent all players because they were this type of group.
What is a self-selected group?
The professional football league where 99% of donated brains had CTE.
What is the NFL?
This protein forms harmful clumps in brains with CTE.
What is tau?
The percent of NFL players in the study who had CTE.
What is 99%?
This serious memory condition was more common in severe CTE cases.
What is dementia?
Researchers created this in 2008 to collect brains for study.
What is a brain bank?
Scientists studied these after the players died.
What are brains (or brain donations)?
Doctors can currently diagnose CTE only after this happens.
What is death?
The number of universities, hospitals, and research groups involved.
What is 8?
Scientists were puzzled because symptoms did not always match this.
What is the severity of brain damage?
Scientists still need a way to detect CTE in people who are this.
What is alive?
The article says football injuries “hover like a dark cloud” over this.
What is the game of football?
This medical examination is used to diagnose CTE after death.
What is an autopsy?
The number of researchers who took part in the study.
What is 27?
Researchers think this body response may also play a role in symptoms.
What is inflammation?
The article’s main idea is that repeated football head injuries may lead to this.
What is serious brain disease/CTE?