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2015-01-18 Science & Technology

Combat Veterans Brains Reveal Hidden Damage from IED Blasts

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-01-18 03:24|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Scopolamine and Ketamine are supposed quickly break severe depression -- in as little as a few hours or days -- by causing the quick growth of new dendrites, resulting in new connections between neurons in the brain. Could this help repair the damage described here, Anguper Hupomosing9418?

Posted by trailing wife 2015-01-18 19:08|| 2015-01-18 19:08|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not a neurologist, but I don't think growing new dendrites would help much for the blast-damaged brain. The main significance of this finding is that specific changes in brain microanatomy match a history of blast injury & associated neurologic malfunction, and these cellular changes are not found in other types of neurologic ailments. Now there's something for researchers to measure and attempt to change, besides symptoms.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-01-18 22:59|| 2015-01-18 22:59|| Front Page Top

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