jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoFamily Balks at Donating O.J. Simpson’s Brain for Researchwww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down16
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkFamily Balks at Donating O.J. Simpson’s Brain for Researchwww.thedailybeast.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·5 months agoAaron Hernandez, the former NFL star infamous for multiple murders, had his brain looked at. He had extensive CTE
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-25 months agooh, i know. as have the brains of many former football players who’ve since died and had their brains sliced and examined for CTE. this is why i’d like to know about OJ’s brain. his could be one of the oldest confirmed cases.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoOh duh, sorry I misread what you meant
minus-squareroot_beerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoWhen Junior Seau committed suicide, he specifically shot himself in the heart so as to preserve his brain for research, right?
Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL star infamous for multiple murders, had his brain looked at. He had extensive CTE
oh, i know. as have the brains of many former football players who’ve since died and had their brains sliced and examined for CTE.
this is why i’d like to know about OJ’s brain. his could be one of the oldest confirmed cases.
Oh duh, sorry I misread what you meant
np
When Junior Seau committed suicide, he specifically shot himself in the heart so as to preserve his brain for research, right?
Yup. Fucked up