He was diagnosed posthumously with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease caused by repeated head trauma.
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The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL based on findings by the National Institutes of Health that the linebacker had CTE, a disease from traumatic brain injuries linked to depressions and suicides.
The filing cites recent scientific studies that have found a connection between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease that results in Alzheimer's-like symptoms, including memory loss and mood swings.
So far, many public estimates have said that perhaps a tenth of the tens of thousands of people who are trapped in the city might suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, a disease that raises the risk of suicide sixfold.
Some 34% of the survivors who were trapped inside the Murrah building in Oklahoma City when it was blown up came down with post-traumatic stress disorder, a disease in which patients can suffer from flashbacks, heightened anxiety and social withdrawal, according to surveys done by North.
Earlier this month, Seau was determined to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative brain disease that can follow multiple hits to the head, the National Institutes of Health said.
On Jan. 9, the National Institutes of Health confirmed that the future Hall-of-Fame linebacker, who in May 2012 committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that has been connected to other athletes who died way too early after a career taking frequent blows to the head.
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He said there could be a range of causes for the condition, such as post-traumatic stress disorder or Parkinson's Disease.
The president and the Ravens safeties have mentioned all of this in the context of the semi-recent findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative disease, in the brains of football players both past and present.
It will focus on conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
He felt his worries were founded when he learned that star NFL linebacker Junior Seau -- who took his own life last May -- suffered from a neurodegenerative brain disease that can develop from concussions known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.
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