Do women cope better with a traumatic brain injury?RSS Feed

It may be estrogen that helps women to fare better after the likes of a traumatic brain injury, scientists have shown.

Blocking the estrogen receptors in females results in women coping with a traumatic injury like men, according to research from Scott and White Healthcare in Texas.

It has been known for some time that women tend to do better after a trauma where blood loss is a factor.

"This study proved that estrogen receptors on the mitochondria of our cells actually help protect these cells on females after injury," explained Dr Ed W Childs, vice chairman of research in the department of surgery at Scott and White Healthcare.

"But, if you block those estrogen receptors, they perform like those of a male."

The news comes as research suggests that children are at a greater risk of sports-related brain injury now than ten years ago.

News brought to you by Serious Law specialists in traumatic brain injury

Posted by Matthew Dixon

Kids' risk of sports head injury 'increases over the decade'

31 August 2010

Children may be at a higher risk of sports-related brain injury today than a decade ago, research suggests.A study carried out at the Hasbro Children's Hospital indicates that instances of sports-related...

Read More...

Brain injury trauma 'should be considered chronic'

27 August 2010

Traumatic brain injury should be reclassified as a chronic disease, according to leading experts in the field.Ongoing research by scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston indicates...

Read More...

Soldiers are a 'hidden epidemic' of brain injury

26 August 2010

Soldiers returning from service could be adding to the emerging silent traumatic brain injury epidemic, according to a new report.No effective traumatic brain injury therapy currently exists, according...

Read More...