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In our last installment, I wrote about a protein called tau, which necessitated talking about salt. I said that when neurons suffer the types of injury associated with CTE, part of the damage occurs because of a change in salt distribution between the inside of a neuron and its immediate outer exterior.

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Fall 10-25-2012

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Neuroscience and Neurobiology

Brainstorm: Head Injuries and the NFL, Part 10: The Tau of CTE, Continued

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