Study Shows How Social Support May Protect Brain During Stroke
Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationStroke
New research in mice suggests that high levels of social support may provide some protection against strokes by reducing the amount of damaging inflammation in the brain. Researchers at Ohio State University found that male mice that lived with a female partner before and after a stroke had a much higher survival rate compared to those mice that lived alone. In addition, the paired mice suffered much less brain damage than did the surviving solitary mice.
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