Do-it-yourself brain repair following stroke

Monday, July 11, 2011 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and death in the United States. New research has now 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 of the research suggest that this approach could provide a nontoxic treatment for stroke.

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