“Reset button” for cells in the brain hints at new treatments for concussion
The way the brain responds to traumatic injuries is a matter of intense interest to medical scientists investigating concussion and its significant health impacts. Through experiments on mice in which a key set of immune cells were essentially reset after the injury, researchers have shown how a heightened sense of alert may drive some of the long-term consequences to cognitive function, and opened up new possibilities around post-concussion therapies for human sufferers.Carried out by scientists at Ohio State University,…