Boxing Delivers Lethal Blow to Brain Cells
doug123
12 Sep 2006
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Boxing Delivers Lethal Blow to Brain Cells
09.12.06, 12:00 AM ET
TUESDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Amateur boxing can knock out precious brain cells, Swedish researchers report.
Reporting in the September issue of the Archives of Neurology, researchers at Goteborg University analyzed the spinal fluids of 14 Swedish amateur boxers and compared them to samples from 10 healthy men.
They were looking for certain chemicals that, when found in the spinal fluid, may signal damage to brain cells.
According to the researchers, the boxers had higher levels of the chemicals seven to 10 days after their boxing match than they did three months later. This likely indicates damage to brain cells from blows to the head during the match, they said.
Compared with the healthy men, the chemical levels were significantly higher in the boxers seven to 10 days and three months after the match.
Having more than 15 hits to the head or experiencing grogginess during or after a bout was associated with significantly higher levels of the chemicals, the Swedish team noted.
More information
The Brain Injury Association of America has more about brain injury.
Boxing Delivers Lethal Blow to Brain Cells
09.12.06, 12:00 AM ET
TUESDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Amateur boxing can knock out precious brain cells, Swedish researchers report.
Reporting in the September issue of the Archives of Neurology, researchers at Goteborg University analyzed the spinal fluids of 14 Swedish amateur boxers and compared them to samples from 10 healthy men.
They were looking for certain chemicals that, when found in the spinal fluid, may signal damage to brain cells.
According to the researchers, the boxers had higher levels of the chemicals seven to 10 days after their boxing match than they did three months later. This likely indicates damage to brain cells from blows to the head during the match, they said.
Compared with the healthy men, the chemical levels were significantly higher in the boxers seven to 10 days and three months after the match.
Having more than 15 hits to the head or experiencing grogginess during or after a bout was associated with significantly higher levels of the chemicals, the Swedish team noted.
More information
The Brain Injury Association of America has more about brain injury.
Ghostrider
15 Sep 2006
It's sad to see research efforts being wasted on proving what common sense has known for centuries. :-) I guess that Goteborg University has more money than they know what to do with. Maybe we should ask them for donations to mprize. And yes, does explain Mike Tyson.
purerealm
15 Sep 2006
in like fourth grade i learned that bumping your head against something instantly kills 200 brain cells
punchdrunk
18 Sep 2006
getting hit in the head is bad for your brain. wow, what will they discover next!
