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Researchers identify how inflammation spreads through the brain after injury |
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Researchers identify how inflammation spreads through the brain after injury
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Darrell Miller | 03/09/17 |
Date:
March 09, 2017 02:59 PM
Author: Darrell Miller
(support@vitanetonline.com)
Subject: Researchers identify how inflammation spreads through the brain after injury
Researchers have identified a new mechanism by which inflammation can spread throughout the brain after injury. This mechanism may explain the widespread and long-lasting inflammation that occurs after traumatic brain injury, and may play a role in other neurodegenerative diseases. This new understanding has the potential to transform how brain inflammation is understood, and, ultimately, how it is treated.
Key Takeaways:
- The researchers showed that micro-particles derived from brain inflammatory cells are markedly increased in both the brain and the blood following experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Research has found that neuroinflammation often goes on for years after TBI, causing chronic brain damage. The researchers say that the micro-particles may play a key role in this process.
- The researchers studied mice, and found that in animals who had a traumatic brain injury, levels of micro-particles in the blood were much higher. Because each kind of cell in the body has a distinct fingerprint, the researchers could track exactly where the micro-particles came from.
"This new understanding has the potential to transform how brain inflammation is understood, and, ultimately, how it is treated."
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