T.O. attempts suicide?

[dsigma6]

Rumored suicide attempt

Being from Philly, I have no sympathy for this man...I wonder if this is true, or if the media is just bored again today?

edit: Story was updated since I posted, apparently this is true.

[techflavor]

I heard the first story about it early this morning on my way to school.

From what I could tell, it's true.

[mattbiernat]

Rumored suicide attempt

Being from Philly, I have no sympathy for this man...I wonder if this is true, or if the media is just bored again today?

edit: Story was updated since I posted, apparently this is true.

I wonder if the destruction of hippocampal cells caused by massive head injuries could cause depression. it does cause some depression like symptoms, for example poor memory and loss of cognition. Also during severe depression our brains loose significant amount of cells found in hippocampus. Now the most interesting part is that drugs that ease depression usually take 2-3 weeks to work and this is the amount of time it takes for our brain to repopulate hippocampal area with new cells.

[christopher_wolf]

Rumored suicide attempt

Being from Philly, I have no sympathy for this man...I wonder if this is true, or if the media is just bored again today?

edit: Story was updated since I posted, apparently this is true.

I wonder if the destruction of hippocampal cells caused by massive head injuries could cause depression. it does cause some depression like symptoms, for example poor memory and loss of cognition. Also during severe depression our brains loose significant amount of cells found in hippocampus. Now the most interesting part is that drugs that ease depression usually take 2-3 weeks to work and this is the amount of time it takes for our brain to repopulate hippocampal area with new cells.

Actually, it isn't the hippocampus that is affected that much. That is relatively deep within the brain and, not only would it take a severe injury to lesion it, but it would wipe out the ability to learn new memories; thus leading to anterograde amnesia. It is a likely suspect if this was depression, but it seems to me more of a grab for attention by T.O.; which comes as no suprise to me, in particular. All of the hippocampal injuries I have heard of or seen thus far usually come with some form of severe head trauma that most doctors, or anybody else, would instantly take note of.

Although, you are on the right track. Boxers can loose their ability to to smell due to impacts to the head jerking the brain back and forth and lesioning the olfactory tract of nerves that go through the cribiform plate (the analogy of a cheese grater vs. nerves is harsh, but accurate). Such action can also destory vital cells in the brain stem that produce dopamine, which can lead to Alzheimer's. This is very similar to what happened with Ali.

Sharp.

[GomJabbar]

Ali had Parkinson's disease. This is caused by a lack of Dopamine. Hence, Levadopa (L-Dopa) is one of the primary treatments for Parkinson's.

[christopher_wolf]

So where did I say Ali had Alzheimer's? I said it was a similar thing that happened to Ali due to repeated brain trauma. If one had bothered to read the article I linked to. Also, this bit of research and many others, shows why L-Dopa was used in both cases and has been successful to some extent in treating such patients. It has the effect that it inhibits amyloid aggregates. Boxers that have been followed over the years have had such treatments as well. It is thought to act as an inhibitory element to the formation of such plaques as well as its primary roles. The link between the two has been discovered and researched *heavily* but is still very new.

Is this expert opinion, in my area of research, or...?

[JaneL]

In case there's any question, I locked this thread.