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>Concluding, the researchers say that to their knowledge, this is the first reported case of gray matter loss and white matter atrophy (types of brain damage) r
by davidiach 9y ago
>Concluding, the researchers say that to their knowledge, this is the first reported case of gray matter loss and white matter atrophy (types of brain damage) reversal with any therapy and that treatment with oxygen should be considered in similar cases. “Such low-risk medical treatment may have a profound effect on recovery of function in similar patients who are neurologically devastated by drowning."
I always believed that brain damage cannot be reversed. If version 1 means reversing it in toddlers, maybe version 10 will do miracles for many other people.
Truly amazing and congratulations to the medical team!
- PetitPrince 9y agoNot to dampen your enthusiasm too much, but please note that infants are exceptionally good at producing new neurons compared to adults; their brain aren't fully developed after all.
- yread 9y agoI guess in a best case it can turn drowned adult's brain into living infant's brain.
- kaybe 9y agoInfants are also good at working around losing half a brain. If one loses it early enough the rest can develop to become a fully functional adult of normal intelligence, which is pretty amazing.
- Cshelton 9y agoYeah, we have a family friend whose child had half her brain removed at the age of 5. She if normal today. You would never know she only has half a brain. The surgery was performed by Dr. Ben Carson. I'll admit, not the best in politics, but one hell of a doctor.
- Pulcinella 9y agoYes. Also I imagine it's easy to "bulldoze and start over" when there are fewer life-worn paths to start with. Even if adults could regenerate large numbers of neurons like we do skin cells, those new neurons would have no idea how the old ones were connected.
- lowpro 9y agoI wonder if new neurons for adults could act more like 'aged' cells in the rest of the body, where the cell knows how old it is. Could neuron connection be like the age property where that information is passed down?
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