Main content
The Footballer with the Brain of a Battered Boxer
Physician Ann McKee describes finding the level of damage to an NFL football player John Grimsley’s brain. She examined it back in 2008 and was stunned by the level of trauma it had suffered. Previously, only boxers had exhibited this sort of damage. Now, she is building a brain bank of tissue samples of sports players to try to understand any possible link between playing sport and onset of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Photo: NFL football player John Grimsley who suffered damage to his brain (Credit: Getty Images)
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from Unexpected Elements
-
Lasering avocados
Duration: 00:26
-
The impact that killed the dinosaur
Duration: 00:37
-
Robot Stingray
Duration: 00:32
-
Young chimps that play with ‘dolls’
Duration: 01:03