/ CTE Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /news/pew-scholarship-will-investigate-molecular-cellular-effects-traumatic-brain-injury <p>When researchers revealed that the brain of late NFL player Aaron Hernandez showed signs of stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease, Kassandra Ori-McKenney wondered if the hits Hernandez took as a tight end for the New England Patriots contributed to the athlete’s troubling, aggressive behavior and eventual suicide.</p> June 14, 2018 - 11:36am Kimberly L Hale /news/pew-scholarship-will-investigate-molecular-cellular-effects-traumatic-brain-injury