Dissecting the brain of an American NFL Player Dave Duerson

July 26th, 2011 by admin | Filed under human body, people, sports.

This video shows Neuropathologist Dr Ann McKee dissecting the brain of American NFL player Dave Duerson. Duerson struggled with the mental health due to the effects of football-related brain injury. The injury caused his death in February 2011. Before he died, he asked that his brain be donated to an organization known as the “NFL Brain Bank,” where researchers study the brains of deceased sports stars to find out what happens to people when their heads are struck over and over again.

Neuropathologist Dr Ann McKee, a leading expert on degenerative diseases caused by repetitive blows to the head, looks at the brain of an American football player who recently died, revealing the damage caused by the game

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