Existing Diabetes Medication May Ease Damage Caused By Traumatic Brain Injury

<p>Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience
Also Included In: Diabetes;  Alzheimers / Dementia
Article Date: 30 May 2012 3:00 PDT</p>

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<p>Although a genocide fee is comparatively low for people who humour from dire mind repairs (TBI), it can have severe, life-long consequences for mind function. TBI can deteriorate a patients mental abilities, impact memory and behavior, and lead to thespian celebrity changes. And long-term medical diagnosis carries a high mercantile cost.</p>

<p>Now, in investigate consecrated by a United States Air Force, Prof. Chaim Pick of Tel Aviv Universitys Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Dr. Nigel Greig of a National Institute of Aging in a US have detected that Exendin-4, an FDA-approved diabetes drug, significantly minimizes repairs in TBI animal models when administered shortly after...