New images show Aaron Hernandez suffered from extreme case of CTE
by Associated Press from on (#37H6H)
- Dr Ann McKee said Hernandez suffered severe damage to key brain areas
- Images show damage to areas important to impulse control and behavior
- Hernandez, the former NFL star, killed himself in prison in April aged 27
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez suffered severe damage to parts of the brain that play an important role in memory, impulse control and behavior, a researcher who studied his brain said Thursday.
Dr Ann McKee, director of the CTE Center at Boston University, said she could not "connect the dots" between Hernandez's severe case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is linked to repeated blows to the head, and his behavior. The 27-year-old hanged himself in April, while serving life in prison for murder.
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