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Message: [QUOTE="orange79, post: 1147979, member: 159"] I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I read an article that said that the trauma that can cause CTE allows a protein called tau to grow into neurofibrillary tangles between the nerve cells of the brain. The pathways between the cells (microtubules) normally transport nutrients and other substances between the cells. The tangles cause the tubules to collapse, preventing nutrients from moving from one cell to another. The thing is, this condition is not only caused by trauma, but other unknown causes. Alzheimer's is the same type of condition. Trauma may cause the condition, but is not the only cause. Hence, it is termed a disease. [/QUOTE]