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In reply to the discussion: Study in Israel shows hyperbaric therapy can reverse aging (includes telemeric lengthening). [View all]Mike 03
(16,616 posts)24. This is very interesting.
Thank you.
However, recent evidence suggests that the nervous system fights back in an attempt to minimize pathology by increasing the expression of growth/trophic factors that confer neuroprotection and neuroplasticity. For example, even modest (low dose) IH elicits respiratory motor plasticity, increasing the strength of respiratory contractions and breathing. These low IH doses upregulate hypoxia-sensitive growth/trophic factors within respiratory motoneurons but do not elicit detectable pathologies such as hippocampal cell death, neuroinflammation, or systemic hypertension. Recent advances have been made toward understanding cellular mechanisms giving rise to IH-induced respiratory plasticity, and attempts have been made to harness the benefits of low-dose IH to treat respiratory insufficiency after cervical spinal injury. Our recent realization that IH also upregulates growth/trophic factors in nonrespiratory motoneurons and improves limb (or leg) function after incomplete chronic spinal injuries suggests that IH-induced plasticity is a general feature of motor systems. Collectively, available evidence suggests that low-dose IH may represent a safe and effective treatment to restore lost motor function in diverse clinical disorders that impair motor function.
This is perverse thought, but I wonder if conditions like sleep apnea confer some cellular and neuroprotective effects that might offset the damage. Who knew oxygen deprivation could be neuroprotective?
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Study in Israel shows hyperbaric therapy can reverse aging (includes telemeric lengthening). [View all]
triron
Dec 2020
OP
Extending the lives of the super-rich while 90% of the world is left behind? No interest...
Moostache
Dec 2020
#13
This is a take on the experiment linking the blood supply of a young rat and an old rat
PirateRo
Dec 2020
#23
I tried a pressure chamber once, but my ears could never equalize, so I had to abort.
BComplex
Dec 2020
#19
The benefits actually come from the body's reaction which causes an O2 deficit: hold your breath
andym
Dec 2020
#21
I hope this means my antifa group can stop drinking baby blood. it is so gross.
Midnight Writer
Dec 2020
#25