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The protein they look at isn't the only one. There's also tau, S100b, and a whole bunch of other proteins present in neurons. Basically, it looks like the cells die and just release their stuff into the blood. A few years ago, most of us would have said this would never work because the blood-brain barrier, a special filter for your blood between your body and brain, would have stopped the stuff from spilling over. But apparently we're wrong, or the blood-brain barrier is also compromised during these hits.
The big question now will be how predictive these proteins in blood are to actual brain damage. And how sensitive they are. It might be that they are there after a huge blow but aren't detectable when you have a bad-but-not-terrible hit.
What is a "mild trauma" anyway?
Thanks for sharing the info above, it adds a ton of credibility to your input.
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My main focus is on Parkinson's disease but, as a major fan of moto and MX rider, I have kept a close eye on the concussion story. And paralysis for that matter. My lab has made (and helps others make) motor neurons from stem cells. I hope we get to the point that we can treat people that don't recover from paralysis but it's tough work. I guess if it were easy it'd already be done. I just hope people know that we work our balls off to try to help, but rebuilding a broken nervous system ain't easy.
@Mike....Glad to hear you got healthy again. That sounds like a scary thing to happen. I'm still not clear on exactly what a " Guillain-Barre " even is , but it sounds scary as hell.
Oxymoran is epic!
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