Thursday, March 3, 2016
Brandi Chastain pledges her brain for concussion study (The Associated Press)
Brandi Chastain, who scored the game-winning penalty kick that gave the United States the 1999 Women's World Cup title, has pledged to donate her brain for concussion research when she dies. Chastain announced her pledge to the Massachusetts-based Concussion Legacy Foundation on Thursday morning. Researchers are studying the post-mortem human brain and spinal cord tissue in hopes of diagnosing and treating chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative condition caused by a blow or blows to the head.
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