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MIAMI BEACH – Junior Seau was one of the best. He roamed the field and hit viciously. But he paid a price. All of the hits added up and he and his family paid dearly.
A study released by the National Institute for Health was reported by the Miami Herald today. It revealed that Seau’s brain showed signs of CTE or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. They National Institute of Health compared his brain to other brains and saw similarities with other brains that had suffered multiple trauma.
In the time before he committed suicide, Seau’s family and wife, in particular, said that he was forgetful, depressed, and had mood swings. These are signs of the impacts of CTE. His wife told the Miami Herald that Seau’s behavior prior to committing suicide included wild mood swings, irrationality, forgetfulness, insomnia and depression. CTE is apparently common enough amongst former football players and NFL players in particular. A similar disease is konwn as dementia pugilistica. It is found in boxers and is a result of multiple blows to the head. Both dementia pugilistica and chronic traumatic encephalopathy include the degeneration of brain tissue and the accumulation of tau protein.