Exercise facilitates the action of dietary DHA on functional recovery after brain trauma

Since the brain utilizes alternative energy sources such as ketones during injury (instead of regular glucose), Salberg et al. (2019) explored the impact of consuming a ketogenic diet (a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet) in mild traumatic brain injury. This study tested the effects of the ketogenic diet in adolescent rats recovering from mild traumatic injury. The […]

This 2019 study analyzes the neuroprotective potential of gut microbiota remodeling with Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) in traumatic brain injury and its underlying mechanisms. C57BL/6 male mice (aged 8-9 weeks) were subjected to weight-drop impact and given either saline or Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) on the day of injury and each day after for 1, 3, or […]