Football and Neuroscience.

Hello friends. It's science time.

So over the past year or so there has a been a lot of interest generated around the effects of repetitive head trauma on the brains of athletes. Since I love both football and neuroscience, I am very interested in it and thought it was worth sharing since I know many of you like football as well.

Lou Gehrig and ALS NYT article

Head injuries and ALS ESPN article

Chris Henry's brain ESPN article

Dementia Pugilistica Wiki



That is a picture of a section of Chris Henry's brain. The dark brown things are neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein, which are a common finding in the brains of people with Alzheimer's Disease.

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Prion Proteins

I want you to read about these because they are very interesting and will make you say, "Hey! That is fricking neat." You know of infectious agents as bacteria, viruses, or fungi. These prion proteins basically cause proteins in your brain to change shape and function, thus causing disease. Kuru is one example of a human prion protein caused disease. Cannibals get it from eating the dead in some bizarre funeral ritual. This is a picture of a cow's brain tissue after Mad Cow Disease.



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Eat The Poop: Neuroscience Edition

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