Sentences with phrase «brain donation»

Q: What are the incentives for brain donation?

«We are reaching out to families, and we are reaching out to athletes to pledge their brains to create a culture of brain donation in the U.S.,» he explains.

As part of the partnership, the NFL will encourage players to sign up to donate their brains to the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, and the league also will contact the families of nearly 100 former players known to have Alzheimer's and dementia and ask that they consider brain donations as well.

The Canadian Project seeks more brain donations from former contact sport athletes.

Brain donation makes it possible to advance science and work toward cures for neurological diseases.

In 2005 the institute expanded its autopsy program to include body as well as brain donations.

The Registry facilitates significant research in the area of Alzheimer's disease by providing the following: 1) a comprehensive source of data to many investigators pursuing research in this field; 2) a source of potential human subject research participants; 3) a biosample repository; and 4) a brain donation program.

In a convenience sample of 202 deceased former players of American football who were part of a brain donation program, a high proportion were diagnosed neuropathologically with CTE.

Quiz Ref IDIn a convenience sample of 202 deceased former players of American football who were part of a brain donation program, a high proportion were diagnosed neuropathologically with CTE.

Vesalius academic training program.He is involved with all of the of the CTE Center's clinical research studies including the Brain Donation Registry, and the LEGEND, CONTACT, and DETECT studies.

When the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (HBTRC) at McLean receives a brain donation, with permission, staff comb through the donor's medical records to glean critical information.