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Offline formerlurker

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New study: amino acids could heal brain damage
« on: January 08, 2010, 03:51:47 AM »
New study: amino acids could heal brain damage
by S. L. Baker, features writer

(NaturalNews) A head-on car collision, a stumble that slams your head to the ground, a wound from a military battle in Afghanistan, a violent criminal assault -- these and other causes of sudden blows to the head can result in traumatic brain injury (TBI). According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. And symptoms can range from dizziness, headaches and memory problems to difficulty thinking, coma or even a vegetative state.

Unfortunately, there is no effective medical treatment for TBI. Although doctors can relieve the dangerous swelling that occurs after a traumatic brain injury, there is currently no way to reverse the underlying brain damage that can lead to cognitive losses in memory, learning and other functions. But neuroscientists think that could change, thanks to a natural treatment. A new study recently published in the online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests natural amino acids hold the key to healing brain injuries.

For the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research, neuroscientists fed amino acids to brain-injured mice. The results? The animals' cognitive abilities were restored. That, the researchers stated in a media release, may set the stage for the first effective treatment for cognitive impairments suffered by people with TBI. If these results from animal studies can be translated to human medicine, the impact will be huge, they added -- because every 23 seconds, a man, woman or child in the United States suffers a TBI.

"We have shown in an animal model that dietary intervention can restore a proper balance of neurochemicals in the injured part of the brain, and simultaneously improves cognitive performance," said study leader Akiva S. Cohen, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, in a statement to the press.

For their study, the researchers used a mix of three branched chain amino acids (BCAAs), specifically leucine, isoleucine and valine. BCAAs are crucial to brain health because they are precursors of two neurotransmitters -- glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. These neurotransmitters work together to balance brain activity. Specifically, glutamate excites neurons, stimulating them to fire, while GABA dampens down the firing of brain cells. A TBI can upset this balance and keep the brain from functioning normally.

http://www.naturalnews.com/z027849_amino_acids_brain_damage.html

Offline JohnnyReb

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Re: New study: amino acids could heal brain damage
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2010, 04:07:29 AM »
Well drown the DUmp monkeys in amino acids and if they come out sane....it works.
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Re: New study: amino acids could heal brain damage
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2010, 06:20:49 AM »
Well drown the DUmp monkeys in amino acids and if they come out sane....it works.

How many lbs of this stuff do we have to take each day.?

A mouse being fed this stuff at 6 oz of weight may need as much as 1/4 its food intake to get the disired results.   A 200 pound man may need to adjust this to keeping up their caloric intake plus 3 extra pints of the stuff to drink.