Have you seen the movie "Concussion"?
If so you might wonder how exactly brain bounces inside the cranial vault during an impact. And what exactly is CTE?
Your brain is a soft organ that is surrounded by spinal fluid and protected by your hard skull. Normally, the fluid around your brain acts like a cushion that keeps your brain from banging into your skull. But if your head or your body is hit hard, your brain can crash into your skull and be injured.
The condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was formerly believed to exist primarily among boxers, and was referred to as dementia pugilistica. It is a progressive degenerative disease which afflicts the brain of people who have suffered repeated concussions and traumatic brain injuries, such as athletes who take part in contact sports, members of the military and others.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a condition of brain damage which persists over a period of years or decades and which is the result of traumatic impacts to the cranium.
This fake brain actually has the same consistency as the real deal. So now you know how concussions happen!
Concussions - Read & Learn:http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/concussion/basics/symptoms/con-20019272
Protecting the brain against concussion:
Watch TED Lesson:https://www.ted.com/talks/kim_gorgens_protecting_the_brain_against_concussion?language=en
CTE - Read & Learn:http://www.protectthebrain.org/Brain-Injury-Research/What-is-CTE-.aspx
Corina Marinescu
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