Alternative Way To Save Brain Cells After Stroke Or Head Trauma, New Finding Suggests
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 20:28
in Health & Medicine
Shredded extracellular matrix is toxic to neurons. Researchers reveal a new mechanism for how ECM demolition causes brain damage. The study suggests that drugs that block KA1, one subunit of the kainate receptor, might provide an alternative way to save brain cells after stroke or head trauma.