Magnetic waves against concussion
Magnetic stimulation helped to restore the brain after a concussion
Svetlana Maslova, Hi-tech+
Experiments by Canadian scientists have shown that a new type of magnetic stimulation not only reduces the symptoms of traumatic brain injury, but also normalizes biochemical processes. Moreover, the effect is achieved very quickly.
Concussion causes cognitive, behavioral and emotional disorders. The main symptoms include dizziness, nausea, loss of balance, perception difficulties and sleep problems. Canadian scientists conducted experiments with mice and proved that simple non-invasive magnetic stimulation quickly relieves the effects and restores the level of proteins protecting neurons, the University of Saskatchewan website reports (Concussion symptoms reversed by magnetic therapy).
Article by Sekar et al. Low Field Magnetic Stimulation Restores Cognitive and Motor Functions in the Mouse Model of Repeated Traumatic Brain Injury: Role of Cellular Prion Protein published in the Journal of Neurotrauma – VM.
Mice were exposed to low-frequency levels of magnetic stimulation that mimicked the rhythms of brain activity. The treatment was carried out for four days for 20 minutes.
The therapy improved the rodents' ability to walk in a straight line, navigate a maze, run on a wheel, and perform cognitive tests. No such progress was observed in the control group without treatment.
The team also found that the level of certain proteins that protect brain neurons recovered to normal levels due to stimulation.
"In addition to high efficiency, the therapy has other advantages – non–invasiveness, ease of clinical use, low cost," emphasizes the author of the study Changiz Tagibiglow.
The experiments also revealed evidence of the potential of low-frequency magnetic stimulation to protect the brain from neurodegeneration. People after concussions have an increased risk of developing it.
Now scientists are preparing longer experiments, after which they will move on to clinical trials in humans.
Today, computed tomography is used to diagnose traumatic brain injury, but not all patients have the opportunity to conduct an examination. To do this, American scientists have developed a blood test that will accurately indicate a concussion.
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