Researchers discovered an 'abnormal' reduction of white matter in the brains of elite rugby players.
White matter volume typically increases until the age of around 40, whereas the rugby players who were assessed in the Imperial College London study had an average age of 25 years old, the oldest being 31 years old.
Karl Zimmerman, lead author of the research and a research technician at Imperial's Department of Brain Sciences, said in a statement:"The implications on an individual level of the brain changes associated with elite rugby participation are unclear, although obviously it is concerning to see these changes in some of the players' brains.
Other academics not involved in the research have called for studies involving significantly larger numbers of participants, and repeated assessment carried out over several years., U.K. who was not involved in the research, said in a statement:"So far the diagnosis of CTE has largely been made post-mortem .
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