Muhammed Ali, Parkinson’s, Dementia Pugilistica, Punch Drunk, NFL and CTE

#mentalhealth #boxing #nfl #CTE #chronictraumaticencephalopathy

Jay Gunkelman is the EEG Tech Legend that has read well over 500,000 Brain scans and he joins Pete Jansons on the NeuroNoodle Neurofeedback Podcast to discuss Brain Trauma that boxers and NFL players receive from repeated head trauma. This repeated head trauma results in CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Key Moments
0:00
1:56 Show Start
2:25 Jay Gunkelman is a closet MMA Fan
3:14 Dana White
4:09 Knee to head should be outlawed
4:57 Do Gloves Play A Role In MMA Head Trauma
5:26 Dementia pugilistica
6:49 CTE and Suicide
7:49 Parkinson’s
8:23 Robin Williams
9:04 Levels of CTE
10:28 Tau Protein
10:46 Jay Gunkelman Screen Share Start of CTE Stages
11:10 Perivascular changes
11:36 Level 3 CTE
11:53 Level 4 CTE
12:37 Not everyone that has CTE commits suicide
12:57 Boston Brain Bank
13:50 CTE location progression
14:14 CTE found in Temporal Lobes
14:35 Pseudobulbar Affect
15:31 CTE Seizures
16:55 Why does CTE settle in Temporal Areas Can EEG see this?
18:04 Binswanger’s disease, Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (mad cow disease)
18:40 Could EEG baseline exclude other diseases?
20:45 Muhammed Ali Parkinson’s or Dementia pugilistica
21:19 Substantia Nigra
21:30 Parkinson’s Pill Rolling Tremor
22:08 Neurofeedback is being done for Parkinson’s Tremor
22:34 Michael and Linda Thompson Story Parkinson’s fall Frozen Posture
24:35 Did Muhammad Ali have Dementia pugilistica or Parkinson’s?
25:12 What is the Brown Staining you see with a brain that has CTE
26:04 Rich Club Hub
26:24 Middle Read
27:32 Autopsy brains ex NFL Players
28:59 Athletes more concerned now for mental health than in past
31:18 Jay Gunkelman Bad Art Screen Share Showing a Acceleration/Deceleration Concussion
33:50 Concussions from Torque Damage
34:50 Periventricular White Matter Change
35:45 Every Head Injury Is Unique
37:14 Brain Stem Injury
38:51 Can Neurofeedback Train Away Symptoms of TBI? Jay Gunkelman Friend Story
42:18 Dana White Suggestions to make MMA Safer
43:05 Fencing Response Explained Reference
47:20 Knee To Head Should Be Banned In MMA
46:07 Wishlist in MMA to make it safer
47:19 Dedication to Susan Othmer
49:30 Andrew Hill

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