Fred McNeill sometimes remembers the time with the Minnesota Vikings clearer than what happened yesterday. Several NFL player lives began spiraling out of control since fieldStudies suggest guilty leaving replication can hit to the brain which they suffered in field Hockey "Now science says," you suffer from any disorder, "" doctor saysFor more concussions and their effects on and off the playing field, watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta full report, "Head Games: The truth about Concussions," about "Sanjay Gupta MD" Saturday and Sunday at 7: 30 a.m. ET(CNN)--is a rare day today.Fred McNeill is animated, beaming. sunlight glance over his face, like relives the glory days 30 years ago when he was a professional ice hockey player for the Minnesota Vikings.
McNeill speaks for the 1977 Super Bowl time he flung himself along the field blocked a punt and then scrambled to retrieve the ball near the end of the area.
' Remember this, remember, "says McNeill, smiling and gesturing stand.
And yet, details about where only yesterday it was people who may have encountered, often make it.
"It is harder, Yes, it is difficult to remember things, Yes," said McNeill, stammering and struggling to piece together his thoughts.
Not long after the expiry of the days of glory, in the mid-' 80s, McNeill memory (only 58 years) almost disappeared was prone to fits anger and depression.
McNeill is one of many former NFL players whose life began spiraling out of control for years after leaving minefield. Recent studies show why can damage to the brain suffered in field hockey.
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"We know where the foreign national comes," said McNeill."Comes from the concussions and the impact they had players play football."
These effects could been conducted as brain damage, according to studies by several former posthumous players minds.Experts believe a buildup of tangles in the brain called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (SPD) may be to blame.
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Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist and plus from Brain injury Research Institute, was the first to describe CTE in American football players.
"There is no question about it, Fred [McNeill] suffering from CTE," said Omalu, observed McNeill and discussed symptoms with family members."Has all the symptoms that I have seen in all other former players.Clinical profile is almost a perfect reproduction. "
Omalu said identified CTE with mind Mike Webster, Terry Long and Andre Waters, all former NFL deceased himself considered players. thin Slivers of every player in the brain and spinal cord tissue under a powerful microscope and found that it was scattered by each player in the central nervous system with a characteristic brown tangles of SPD.
CTE is a disease of the brain resembling more with dementia, which is usually diagnosed late in life.This will appear as a dark tangles in the brain and spinal cord that can modify operation in controlling sexual impulses, emotion and even breathing.Omalu said that our players considered the CTE is associated with the loss of cognitive function, loss of language, uncontrolled depression and suicidal tendencies.
"The first five indents of CTE was attempted or committed suicide," said Omalu, have found CTE in the minds of 30 former athletes and added that it would soon publish a study linking CTE suicides and violent behavior.
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Water committed suicide in 2006 at the age of 44. long died in 2005 at the age of 45, after drinking anti-freeze.Webster died in 2002 at age 50, after a long about depression.
"There were times that I have experienced a certain depression," said McNeill.Sometimes depression consumed him.And sometimes, when things seemed impossibly difficult, McNeill contemplated suicide.
"I am really considering not live," said McNeill, tears in the eyes of glistening. "I want to sit there with a pair of scissors and I do believe that, man would be so much easier if I just did it. "
The McNeill apalynthikan furrows as he recalls a little darker Suddenly he illuminates succeeds.: "it was a difficult time ...right now, hey this is a beautiful day. "
The NFL has established rules, including training and fines for illegal hits that can be much more likely to produce concussion. the link said it carries out its own studies on the possible long-term effects of imbalances between players. Furthermore, the NFL did not recognize an association between CTE and concussion.
"It's very sad, what is the cause of this, for someone with this kind of neurologic deterioration," said Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, co-Chair of the NFL head neck and spine medicine Committee. "I am not going to deny [McNeill] perception of what happened. the Commission is taking all the evidence and try to validate what players. "
"We are trying to find a way to make sure that there are no more players like him," added Ellenbogen, who is also the team doctor for the Seattle Seahawks.
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With more information emerging about a possible link between concussion and psychiatric problems, Omalu said hopes that it will lead to many other players with CTE symptoms.
"As NFL players are ashamed, did not want to come forward," said Omalu. "Now science says, "you suffer from any disorder.""
For McNeill, the difficulty in telling the story is tempered by his willingness to help others who may suffer silently.
"There are many, a number [former players] suffering from the effects of concussions,» said McNeill."This is a problem maybe nobody knew he was going to happen but it happened. "
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