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A career cut short because of multiple concussions has led former Philadelphia Flyer Keith Primeau to make a big decision: he will donate his brain to science when he dies in the hope it helps others avoid the pain he suffered.
Primeau, 37, told Sportsnet's Arash Madani in an exclusive interview he has agreed to posthumously donate his brain to the Massachusetts-based Sports Legacy Institute (SLI), a renowned clinic that studies the effects of concussions and other sports-related brain injuries.
"It's the most important organ in our body, yet the most ignored," Primeau said in a lengthy interview at his home in Voorhees, N.J. "At the end of the day, it wasn't any different than donating my organs to those in need post-mortem. I'm just donating my brain to science."
"If the knowledge is discovered, and scientific examination proves that post-concussion leads to serious deterioration of brain function, then medically someone needs to step in and tell a player they can no longer do what they love to do," Primeau said. "If I can in any way be of any assistance or be a guinea pig, I'd be happy to do that."
Here's one of those hits that led to the list of concussions...
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After the Primeau interview with Sportsnet, Daren Millard sat down with Chris Nowinski of the Sports Legacy Institute to understand more about the process and the findings of the SLI...
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