Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank (ASBB) on Monday reported the first diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a female athlete.
“There were multiple CTE lesions as well as abnormalities nearly everywhere I looked in her cortex. It was indistinguishable from the dozens of male cases I’ve seen,” said Michael Buckland, director of the ASBB. “I want to thank the Anderson family for generously donating Heather’s brain and hope more families follow in their footsteps so we can advance the science to help future athletes.”
Buckland identified low-stage CTE in Anderson after her family donated her brain in hopes of better understanding why she died. The findings were published Tuesday in the Springer medical journal.Anderson played rugby league and Australian rules football throughout her athletic career, which included eight appearances for Adelaide in the Australian Football League Women’s competition in 2017.
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