Do-it-yourself brain repair following stroke
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and death in the United States. A team of researchers led by Gregory Bix, at Texas A&M College of Medicine, College Station has identified a way to exploit one of the brain's self-repair mechanisms to protect nerve cells and enhance brain repair in rodent models of stroke. The authors suggest that this approach could provide a nontoxic treatment for stroke.