Chronic traumatic encephalopathy with Marc Goldfinger

In this video Marc Goldfinger, Imperial College London, UK, provides us with a description of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), as well as a pathological demonstration illustrating the changes observed in post mortem brain tissues of individuals with CTE. He also explains his work with boxer’s brains, which focuses on a particular collection called the ‘Corsellis collection’.

About the author:

Marc Goldfinger recently completed his PhD thesis investigating boxers with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. His research focus in general is on traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration. Marc’s recent projects have included work on the Corsellis Boxer collection, creating a novel tissue clearing technique ‘FASTClear’ and clinical neuropathology. Marc’s recent work has been focused on the role of the vasculature in traumatic brain injury and dementia, with a focus on the gliovascular unit. Marc also works for the UK’s largest brain bank, the MS and Parkinson’s UK tissue bank, and is a tutor at Imperial Medical School.

Original publication:

Video originally published on Neuro Central, a digital platform from the Future Science Group that unites unite all aspects of neurology and neuroscience.