Duerson's death, and specifically the decision to shoot himself in the chest, apparently to avoiddamaging his brain tissue, shocked members of his family and the football community.
Some are viewing the meeting as a sign that ministers may be prepared to make concessions on the Pensions Bill to avoid a potentially damaging backbench revolt.
He said he thought that Labour MPs would rally round Mr Martin and that the government would keep him office in order to avoid a potentially damaging by-election to replace him.
And the finding is particularly pertinent because existing dietary advice to pregnant women, at least in America, is that they should limit their consumption of seafood in order to avoid exposing their fetuses to trace amounts of brain-damaging methyl mercury.