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UK experts meet to discuss progress in sports concussion research. One year on from the First Annual UK Sports Concussion Research Symposium, media attention and public concern regarding concussion and its potential long-term effects remain high. Today, experts from across the UK are coming ...
Click here to catch up on demand if you missed the live event Brain banks are an essential tool for neuropathological studies, allowing us to answer pressing research questions and test new theories. Recent advances in molecular technologies have further expanded the utility of brain banks, ...
At the Association of British Neurologists Meeting held in Liverpool 3–5 May 2017, Dr Helen Ling (University College London) was awarded the Charles Symonds Prize for the best platform presentation for presentation of her work diagnosing CTE in former football association (soccer players). This ...
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a potential cause of dementia caused by repeated blows to the head, has been found in the brains of former association football (soccer) players examined at the UCL Queen Square Brain Bank The study, funded by The Drake Foundation and ...
The Drake Foundation announces funding for research into concussion in association football Since its inception in 2014, The Drake Foundation has committed over £1 million to UK-based research projects looking to expand our understanding of sports concussion. Today, The Drake Foundation ...
Neuro Central and The Drake Foundation announce the live-streaming of a debate –‘Should we retire the term concussion?’ – from the inaugural Frontiers in Traumatic Brain Injury conference in London, UK, 14 July 2017. The recording of this event is now available on demand at ...
The Drake Foundation study in collaboration with Saracens, UCL, and Imperial College London (Supported by the RFU) The cohort for our longitudinal biomarker, imaging and psychometric study of concussion in rugby union has now grown to 210 participants, with the inclusion of further clubs and ...
The Drake Foundation study in collaboration with Saracens, UCL, and Imperial College London (Supported by the RFU) Our longitudinal biomarker, imaging and psychometric study of concussion in sports is underway. The cohort has now increased to over 100 participants from Championship and ...
With growing media attention and public concern regarding concussion in sport and limited understanding of its potential long-term effects, experts from across the UK are coming together to share knowledge and strengthen research collaborations. This Wednesday sees experts from across the ...
The Drake Foundation today announced the launch of the Concussion Database (https://concussiondatabase.com), a free educational resource aiming to accelerate understanding and management of concussion in sport. The Concussion Database brings together four streams of expertly curated information ...