{"id":204501,"date":"2025-01-25T04:24:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/mapping-the-brains-self-healing-abilities-after-stroke"},"modified":"2025-01-25T04:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:24:46","slug":"mapping-the-brains-self-healing-abilities-after-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/mapping-the-brains-self-healing-abilities-after-stroke","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the brain\u2019s self-healing abilities after stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mapping-the-brains-self-healing-abilities-after-stroke.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study by researchers at the Department of Molecular Medicine at SDU sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain\u2019s \u201ccables\u201d\u2014the so-called nerve fibers\u2014which leads to permanent impairments. The study, <a href=\"https:\/\/pathsocjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/path.6381\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i>The Journal of Pathology<\/i>, which is based on unique tissue samples from Denmark\u2019s Brain Bank located at SDU, may pave the way for new treatments that help the brain repair itself.<\/p>\n<p>A stroke occurs when the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/blood+supply\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">blood supply<\/a> to part of the brain is blocked, leading to brain damage. Following an injury, the brain tries to repair the damaged nerve fibers by re-establishing their insulating layer, called myelin. Unfortunately, the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/repair+process\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">repair process<\/a> often succeeds only partially, meaning many patients experience lasting damage to their physical and mental functions.<\/p>\n<p>According to Professor Kate Lykke Lambertsen, one of the study\u2019s lead authors, the brain has the resources to repair itself, \u201cWe need to find ways to help the cells complete their work, even under difficult conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study by researchers at the Department of Molecular Medicine at SDU sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain\u2019s \u201ccables\u201d\u2014the so-called nerve fibers\u2014which leads to permanent impairments. The study, published in The Journal of Pathology, which is based on unique tissue samples from Denmark\u2019s Brain Bank [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}