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05-02-2011, 03:26 PM
Study: Duerson had brain damage
Associated Press
Updated May 2, 2011 2:53 PM ET
BOSTON (AP)
Dave Duerson, a former NFL player who committed suicide in February, had ''moderately advanced'' brain damage related to blows to the head, according to the researcher who made the diagnosis.
''It's indisputable'' that Duerson had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disorder linked to repeated brain trauma, Dr. Ann McKee said Monday.
The findings were announced as part of an effort conducted by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University's School of Medicine. The CSTE Brain Bank has the brains of more than 70 athletes and military veterans, with football players comprising more than half of the athletes.
Duerson played safety in the NFL for 11 seasons, seven with the Chicago Bears, and was chosen for four Pro Bowls before retiring in 1993.
''Dave Duerson had classic pathology of CTE and no evidence of any other disease,'' McKee said, ''and he has severe involvement of all the (brain) structures that affect things like judgment, inhibition, impulse control, mood and memory.''
Read more: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Dave-Duerson-study-brain-damage-at-time-of-suicide-050211?GT1=39002
Associated Press
Updated May 2, 2011 2:53 PM ET
BOSTON (AP)
Dave Duerson, a former NFL player who committed suicide in February, had ''moderately advanced'' brain damage related to blows to the head, according to the researcher who made the diagnosis.
''It's indisputable'' that Duerson had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disorder linked to repeated brain trauma, Dr. Ann McKee said Monday.
The findings were announced as part of an effort conducted by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University's School of Medicine. The CSTE Brain Bank has the brains of more than 70 athletes and military veterans, with football players comprising more than half of the athletes.
Duerson played safety in the NFL for 11 seasons, seven with the Chicago Bears, and was chosen for four Pro Bowls before retiring in 1993.
''Dave Duerson had classic pathology of CTE and no evidence of any other disease,'' McKee said, ''and he has severe involvement of all the (brain) structures that affect things like judgment, inhibition, impulse control, mood and memory.''
Read more: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Dave-Duerson-study-brain-damage-at-time-of-suicide-050211?GT1=39002