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The NIH announced Thursday that Seau, whose suicide stunned the football world, tested positive for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a chronic brain condition that has also been...
The tragic case of Junior Seau, a Hall of Fame, National Football League linebacker, has been the most high-profile confirmed case of CTE. Here we describe Seau's case, which concludes an autopsy conducted at the National Institutes of Health that confirmed the diagnosis.
Jan 10, 2013 · Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The...
Jan 17, 2020 · Researchers determined that Junior Seau had CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the brain disease caused by repeated head trauma, such as that faced by football players or boxers.
Jan 9, 2013 · A team of independent researchers who did not know they were studying Seau's brain all concluded he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease typically caused by multiple hits to the head.
Jan 10, 2013 · Nearly eight months after he committed suicide, it has come out that former NFL linebacker Junior Seau suffered from a brain disease known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Seau's...
Jan 10, 2013 · Junior Seau, the former NFL linebacker whose suicide last May at age 43 shocked fans and former teammates, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease associated...
May 3, 2012 · Junior Seau suffered from CTE. After Junior Seau took his own life on Wednesday, many speculated that CTE -- a degenerative brain condition cause by head trauma -- could have been the...
May 3, 2012 · Duerson's death came at a time when more research was emerging that a career repeated brain trauma on the football field could lead to a condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy...
Feb 1, 2016 · We describe the case of Junior Seau, one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history and the recipient of national media attention after his suicide by a gunshot wound to the chest in May 2012; Seau was diagnosed with CTE after his death.
