Ms. Hurt, thank you for mentioning our paper on woodpeckers and CTE. However, our paper did not conclude that the findings of tau accumulation were 'brain trauma'. Given the complete lack of staining in the control population and the unlikely scenario of age-related changes, our findings suggest there might be an association between repetitive pecking behavior and tau accumulations in the woodpecker population. But it is unclear if the tau is pathological or a protective adaptation as some forms of tau are neuroprotective. Here is a link to the paper. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191526
Ms. Hurt, thank you for mentioning our paper on woodpeckers and CTE. However, our paper did not conclude that the findings of tau accumulation were 'brain trauma'. Given the complete lack of staining in the control population and the unlikely scenario of age-related changes, our findings suggest there might be an association between repetitive pecking behavior and tau accumulations in the woodpecker population. But it is unclear if the tau is pathological or a protective adaptation as some forms of tau are neuroprotective. Here is a link to the paper. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191526
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