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Recent News ‌ • ‌Wenzel ‌ • ‌ Video ‌ • ‌ Audio ‌ • ‌ Scientific Literature ‌ • ‌ Books ‌ • ‌ Organizations

Stephen Smith, NFL widow gives voice to "quiet hero" Ralph Wenzel, CBSSports.com, July 12, 2012.

Thom Loverro, Wenzel is a reminder of dangers of football, The Washington Examiner, July 2, 2012.

Alan Schwarz, Ralph Wenzel, Whose Dementia Helped Start a Debate, Dies at 69, The New York Times, June 22, 2012.

Former NFL Players Battle Dementia, NPR, April 12, 2010.

Alan Schwarz, In N.F.L. Fight, Women Lead the Way, The New York Times, April 10, 2010.

Alan Schwarz, Case Will Test N.F.L. Teams’ Liability for Dementia, The New York Times, April 5, 2010.

Dan Rather Reports, Taking a Hit, HDNet, February 2, 2010.

NewsHour, Hard Knocks: Does Playing in NFL Cause Brain Trauma?, PBS, November 27, 2009.

Alan Schwarz, N.F.L. Dementia Debate Could Intensify, The New York Times, September 30, 2009.

Dan Rather Reports, Knocking Heads, HDNet, March 3, 2009.

Scott Soshnick, NFL owes its wounded warriors, Bloomberg, January 11, 2009.

Concussions and the NFL, On Point with Tom Ashbrook, National Public Radio, December 19, 2008.

George Vecsey, Don't Close the Door on the Wives of Ex-Players, The New York Times, December 16, 2008.

Alan Schwarz, N.F.L. Meeting Irks Wives of Ill Retirees, The New York Times, December 12, 2008.

A No-Brainer, Sidwell Friends Alumni Magazine, Winter 2007.

Amsie Hecht, Concussion Controversy, Horizon, November 20, 2007.

Shantee Woodards, Ex-NFL player struggles with dementia in Annapolis facility, The Maryland Gazette, June 23, 2007.

Dave Goldberg, 35 Ex-NFL Players Can Get Dementia & Alzheimer's Aid, The Associated Press, June 1, 2007.

Bernard Goldberg, Head On, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, May 14, 2007 (excerpt via YouTube).

Alan Schwarz, Wives United by Husbands' Post-N.F.L. Trauma, The New York Times, March 14, 2007.

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On the Record, What do you Think? NFL Concussions, FoxNews, December 13, 2009.

Ex-Pat Donating Brain To Science, WCVBTV/DT, March 19, 2009.

Head Games, CBC-TV, November 19, 2008.

High-tech football helmet, CNN, November 30, 2007.

New Research Raises Questions on How to Treat Concussion 'Epidemic', The NewsHour, November 26, 2007 (video, audio and transcript available).

American Football looks at hi-tech way to identify concussion, TV3, October 23, 2007.

United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Oversight of the NFL Retirement System, September 18, 2007.

Doctor: Benoit's concussions may help explain killings, CNN, September 5, 2007.

Benoit's Dad, Doctors: Multiple Concussions Could Be Connected to Murder-Suicide, Nightline, September 5, 2007.

Benoit's Brain Showed Severe Damage From Multiple Concussions, Doctor and Dad Say, Good Morning America, September 5, 2007.

The Sports Reporters, Parting Shots, ESPN, August 20, 2007.

Outside the Lines: Brain Chasers, ESPN, July 2007.

Goodell Calls for Closer Examinations, ESPN, June 19, 2007.

NFL Takes a Look at Concussions, ESPN, June 19, 2007.

Young Athletes' Concussions: Concern Grows, The Early Show, October 11, 2006.

Outside the Lines: Concussions in High School Football, ESPN, October 2006.

Outside the Lines: Concussions in the NFL, ESPN, October 2006.

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Morning Edition, NFL Teams Up With Boston University To Study Brain Trauma, WBUR, December 22, 2009.

On Point with Tom Ashbrook, Concussions and the NFL, National Public Radio, December 19, 2008.

The Infinite Mind, A Different Sports Legacy: Head Traumas and Concussions, Lichtenstein Creative Media, April 9, 2008.

The Adam Taxin Show, NFL Concussions, WNWR New World Radio, November 13, 2007 (relevant segment begins at 13:30).

News & Notes, When Chasing Victory Means Courting Head Injury, National Public Radio, May 17, 2007.

Talk of the Nation, Getting the Hard Facts on Sports Concussions, National Public Radio, March 27, 2007.

Letters, National Public Radio, March 22, 2007 (relevant segment begins at 1:42).

Tom Goldman, Docs, Coaches Need Heads-Up on Concussions, National Public Radio, March 20, 2007.

Tom Goldman, Concussions Give the NFL a Major Headache, National Public Radio, March 19, 2007.

All Things Considered, Book Details Concussion Damage in the NFL, National Public Radio, January 18, 2007.

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Michael L.J. Apuzzo, The National Football League: Cerebral Concussion, Peer-Review, and the Oath of Hippocrates: Keynote Address - NFL Concussion Summit, Chicago 2007., Neurosurgery, January 2008 (abstract only).

Jen-Kai Chen et al., Neural Substrates of Symptoms of Depression Following Concussion in Male Athletes With Persisting Postconcussion Symptoms, Archives of General Psychiatry, January 2008 (abstract only).

Jennifer R. Miller et al., Comparison of Preseason, Midseason, and Postseason Neurocognitive Scores in Uninjured Collegiate Football Players, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, August 1, 2007 (abstract only).

David C. Viano et al., Concussion In Professional Football: Biomechanics Of The Struck Player-Part 14, Neurosurgery, August 2007 (abstract only).

Louis De Beaumont et al., Long-Term and Cumulative Effects of Sports Concussion on Motor Cortex Inhibition, Neurosurgery, August 2007 (abstract only).

Semyon Slobounov et al., Differential Rate of Recovery in Athletes After First and Second Concussion Episodes, Neurosurgery, August 2007 (abstract only).

Barry P. Boden et al., Catastrophic Head Injuries in High School and College Football Players, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, July 1, 2007 (abstract only).

Kevin M. Guskiewicz et al., Recurrent Concussion and Risk of Depression in Retired Professional Football Players, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, June 2007 (abstract only).

Frederick O. Mueller, Annual Survey of Catastrophic Football Injuries, National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research, May 2, 2007.

David C. Viano et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Performance of Newer Helmets in Reconstructed Game Impacts-Part 13, Neurosurgery, September 2006 (abstract only).

Micky Collins et al., Examining Concussion Rates and Return to Play in High School Football Players Wearing Newer Helmet Technology: A three-Year Prospective Cohort Study, Neurosurgery, February 2006 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Recovery of NFL and High School Athletes Assessed by Computerized Neuropsychological Testing-Part 12, Neurosurgery, February 2006 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Helmet Testing to Assess Impact Performance-Part 11, Neurosurgery, January 2006 (abstract only).

David C. Viano et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Comparison with Boxing Head Impacts-Part 10, Neurosurgery, December 2005 (abstract only).

David C. Viano et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Brain Responses by Finite Element Analysis: Part 9, Neurosurgery, November 2005 (abstract only).

Kevin M. Guskiewicz et al., Association between Recurrent Concussion and Late-Life Cognitive Impairment in Retired Professional Football Players, Neurosurgery, October 2005 (abstract only).

Christopher Randolph et al., Is Neuropsychological Testing Useful in the Management of Sport-Related Concussion?, Journal of Athletic Training, September 2005. This article was followed by a letter to the editor and response from the authors.

Rosemarie Scolaro Moser et al., Prolonged Effects of Concussion in High School Athletes, Neurosurgery, August 2005 (abstract only).

David C. Viano & Elliot J. Pellman, Concussion in Professional Football: Biomechanics of the Striking Player-Part 8, Neurosurgery, February 2005 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Players Returning to the Same Game-Part 7, Neurosurgery, January 2005 (abstract only).

Michael McCrea et al., Standard regression-based methods for measuring recovery after sport-related concussion, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, January 2005 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Neuropsychological testing-Part 6, Neurosurgery, December 2004 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Injuries Involving 7 or More Days Out-Part 5, Neurosurgery, November 2004 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Repeat Injuries-Part 4, Neurosurgery, October 2004 (abstract only).

Joseph Bleiberg et al., Duration of Cognitive Impairment After Sports Concussion, Neurosurgery, May 2004 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Epidemiological Features of Game Injuries and Review of the Literature-Part 3, Neurosurgery, January 2004 (abstract only).

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Location and Direction of helmet Impacts-Part 2, Neurosurgery, December 2003 (abstract only).

Timothy Begany, Concussion Concerns Prompt NFL to Commission Studies, Neurology Reviews, December 2003.

Kevin M. Guskiewicz et al., Cumulative Effects Associated With Recurrent Concussion in Collegiate Football Players: The NCAA Concussion Study, Journal of the American Medical Association, November 19, 2003.

Elliot J. Pellman et al., Concussion in Professional Football: Reconstruction of Game Impacts and Injuries, Neurosurgery, October 2003 (abstract only).

Michael W. Collins et al., Cumulative Effects of Concussion in High School Athletes, Neurosurgery, November 2002 (abstract only).

Joseph C. Maroon et al., Cerebral Concussion in Athletes: Evaluation and Neuropsychological Testing, Neurosurgery, September 2000 (abstract only).

Kevin M. Guskiewicz et al., Epidemiology of Concussion in Collegiate and High School Football Players, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, September 2000.

Michael W. Collins et al., Relationship Between Concussion and Neuropsychological Performance in College Football Players, Journal of the American Medical Association, September 8, 1999.

Edward M. Wojtys et al., Concussion in Sports, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, September-October 1999 (abstract only).

Paul R. McCrory & Samuel F. Berkovic, Second impact syndrome, Neurology, March 1998 (abstract only).

M. McCrea et al., Standardized Assessment of Concussion in football players, Neurology, March 1997.

J.E. Wilberger, Minor head injuries in American football: prevention of long term sequela, Sports Medicine, May 1993 (abstract only).

W.E. Buckley, Concussions in college football, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, January 1988 (abstract only).

John P. Albright et al., Head and neck injuries in college football: An eight-year analysis, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, June 1985 (abstract only).

Susan Goodwin Gerberich et al., Concussion Incidences and Severity in Secondary School Varsity Football Players, American Journal of Public Health, December 1983. This article was followed by a correction.

Samuel I. Fuenning et al., Migraine precipitated by head trauma in athletes, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, June 1980 (abstract only).

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Bennet Omalu, Play Hard Die Young: Football Dementia, Depression and Death, March 2008.

Michael A. McCrea, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postconcussion Syndrome: The New Evidence Base for Diagnosis and Treatment, August 2007.

Christopher Nowinski, Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis from the NFL to Youth Leagues, October 2006.

Semyon Slobounov & Wayne Sebastianelli eds., Foundations of Sport-Related Brain Injuries, May 2006.

Ruben J. Echemendia ed., Sports Neuropsychology: Assessment and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, February 2006.

Gary S. Solomon et al., The Heads-up on Sport Concussion, November 2005.

Mark Lovell, Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports, January 2004.

Eric A. Zillmer ed., Sports Medicine and Neuropsychology: the Neuropsychologist's Role in the Assessment and Management of Sports-related Concussions, April 2003.

Pierce E. Scranton, Playing Hurt: Treating and Evaluating the Warriors of the NFL, June 2002.

Rob Huizenga, You're OK, It's Just A Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets About Pro Football's Most Outrageous Team, August 1995.

Recent News ‌ • ‌ Wenzel ‌ • ‌ Video ‌ • ‌ Audio ‌ • ‌ Scientific Literature ‌ • ‌ Books ‌ • ‌ Organizations

CNY Sports Concussion Center

Center for the Study of Retired Athletes

Dignity After Football

Fourth & Goal

Gay Culverhouse Players' Outreach Program, Inc.

John Mackey Fund

Sports Concussion Institute

Sports Legacy Institute

UPMC Sports Concussion Program