Why can’t MRIs be used to diagnose CTE caused by football related injuries?
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As concussions tend to be non-structural injuries, they generally do not result in brain bleeding. Due to this, there is a lack of distinct biomarkers which routine neuroimaging tests (in this case, MRIs) look for.
In recent years, there’s been a lot of research done on identifying possible biomarkers, as well as distinguishing it from other diseases (such as Alzheimer’s).
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