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Pressurised chambers could be used to treat traumatic brain injury, with the US military testing the technique.

Using a pressurised chamber on traumatic brain injury means the body receives more oxygen, assisting the healing of the brain, reports the Associated Press.

Lead researcher Lt Col Robert Price told the news agency that the team are "investigating further to determine how it might help, if it does help at all".
The pressure in the chamber is equal to that under 20 feet of water, and is used to help SCUBA divers who experience decompression sickness.

In other news, research from the University of California Los Angeles has found that traumatic brain injury could significantly increase the risk of Parkinson's disease.

Researchers saw a 15 per cent decrease in nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons after a brain injury, and this decline reached 30 per cent after 26 weeks.

A lack of these neurons could lead to the rigidity, postural tremor and akinesia seen in Parkinson's patients.

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