stern. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman. >> turn your mike on. >> good afternoon. mr. chairman, ranking member collins and distinguished members of the committee, it is a great honor to appear before you today. my name is dr. robert stern. i'm a professor of neurology, neurosurgery and anatomy and neurobiology at boston university school of medicine. i'm also the director of the clinical core of the boston university alzheimer's disease center, 1 of 29 centers funded by the national institute on aging. for the past 24 25 years i have been conducting neuroscience research into issues pertaining to the aging brain. in particular, alzheimer's disease. since 2008 my research has focused on the long-term consequences of repetitive brain trauma in athletes. in particular i've been studying the chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte. cte is a progressive brain disease that can lead to dramatic changes in mood, behavior and cognition. eventually leading to dementia. it is similar to alzheimer's disease, but it is a unique disease. easily distinguished through postmortem neurop

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