Question 1: Families that donated brain specimens received a monetary stipend in compensation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
False<\/p>\n
Question 2: How many of the 177 football players diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) showed signs of\u00a0\u03b1-synuclein immunopositive Lewy bodies?\u00a0 [Note: look at total numbers]<\/p>\n
43 (24%)<\/p>\n
Question 3: Among 84 participants with severe CTE pathology, 75 (89%) had behavioral or mood symptoms or both, 80 (95%) had cognitive symptoms, and\u00a0_________ had signs of dementia.<\/p>\n
71 (85%)<\/p>\n
Question 4: What structure(s)\u00a0is(are)\u00a0 indicated by the black arrowhead?<\/p>\n
Entorhinal cortex and hippocampus<\/p>\n
Question 5: What does ptau refer to?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Phosphorylated tau protein<\/p>\n
Question 6: In cases with severe Chronic Traumatic Encephaolpathy (CTE) pathology, accumulations of amyloid-\u03b2, \u03b1-synuclein, and TDP-43 were common.<\/p>\n
True<\/p>\n
Question 7: This study lacked a comparison group that is representative of all individuals exposed to American football at the college or professional level.<\/p>\n
True<\/p>\n
Question 8: How many of the brain samples from individuals who played at least one game in the National Football League (NFL) were diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)?<\/p>\n
110 out of 111<\/p>\n
Question 9: For those diagnosed with any level of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), what was the most common cause of death?\u00a0 [Note: look at total numbers]<\/p>\n
Neurodegeneration<\/p>\n
Question 10: Which stage of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) matches this description:\u00a03 or more CTE lesions are found in multiple cortical regions\u00a0and superficial\u00a0neurofibrillary tangles are found along the sulcal wall and at gyral crests<\/p>\n
Stage II<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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