New Method Developed for Treating Brain Injuries
A completely new approach to treating traumatic brain injuries (TBI's) has been developed by a team of researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The new approach attempts to stop the release of glutamate when the brain in injured. Glutamate normally works in the brain by carrying nerve impulses across synapses (gaps between brain cells). However, when the brain sustains a traumatic injury, the glutamate that is released by the damaged brain cells overexcites surrounding cells and kills them. This results in irreparable brain damage.and the treatment has been proven to work in rats with simulated TBI's.
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