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Here's what we know about CTE, the brain condition that affected Danny Frawley

  • Written by Richelle Mychasiuk, Associate Professor (Research), Department of Neuroscience, Monash University

News emerged this week former AFL footballer Danny Frawley was suffering from a brain disease called CTE when he died last year, according to reports received by the Victorian Coroner.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, refers to changes in the brain that have been linked to repeated blows to the head, sometimes seen in former players of...

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