What Playing Football Does to the Young Brain (NOT Good)

Описание: Recent studies are showing how damaging repetitive head impacts from playing football could be to the brains of younger athletes. Watch the summary of the latest neuroscience findings!

REFERENCES:
Butler, M.L.M.D., Pervaiz, N., Breen, K. et al. Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09...

McKee AC, Mez J, Abdolmohammadi B, et al. Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. JAMA Neurol. 2023;80(10):1037–1050. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2907

Grashow R, Terry DP, Iverson GL, et al. Perceived Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Suicidality in Former Professional Football Players. JAMA Neurol. 2024;81(11):1130–1139. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3083

Kirsch D, Shah A, Dixon E, et al. Vascular injury is associated with repetitive head impacts and tau pathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, Volume 82, Issue 2, February 2023, Pages 127–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnen/nlac122

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Football is not safe
01:28 Discovery of CTE
02:11 Causes of CTE
02:56 What Now?

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