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    Scientists Hunt For A Test To Diagnose Chronic Brain Injury In Living People

    Doctors are closer to a test in live brains that could help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that's been linked to concussions and other repeated brain assaults.
    by Tom Goldman Jul 17, 2018 3 minutes
    UCLA researchers are using a radioactive tracer, which binds to abnormal proteins in the brain, to see if it is possible to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living patients. Warmer colors in these PET scans indicate higher concentrations of the tracer.

    CTE has been part of the national lexicon in the U.S. since the 2015 movie Concussion dramatized the discovery of this degenerative brain disease among football players.

    is found among people who've had head injuries. Though not everyone with head trauma develops CTE, the group that's come to bemost associated with it is football players, whose brains can be routinely jarred by hard hits.The disease has been linked to depression, dementia and even suicide among those who play the

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