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Neurobiological insight into hyperbaric hyperoxia
ConclusionsThe present study firstly confirmed the rCBF distribution increase during HBO in sensory‐motor and visual cortices and it showed for the first time a higher perfusion tracer distribution in areas encompassed in dorsal attention system and in default mode network. These findings unfold both the externally directed cognition performance improvement related to the HBO and the internally directed cognition states during resting state conditions, suggesting possible beneficial effects in TBI and stroke patients.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: Acta Physiologica)

Therapeutic ketosis with ketone ester delays central nervous system oxygen toxicity seizures in rats
In conclusion, acute oral administration of BD-AcAc2 produced sustained ketosis and significantly delayed CNS-OT seizures by elevating AcAc and acetone. (Source: AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology)

The Center for Wound Healing, Inc. Changes Name to RestorixHealth(R)
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Complementary and alternative medicine for autism spectrum disorders: Rationale, safety and efficacy
Abstract Complementary and alternative medicine is widely used for children with autism spectrum disorder, despite uncertainty regarding efficacy. This review describes complementary and alternative practices commonly used among this population, the rationale for the use of each practice, as well as the side‐effect profile and evidence for efficacy. The existing evidence base indicates that melatonin can be recommended as a treatment for sleeping disturbances associated with autism spectrum disorder, while secretin can be rejected as an efficacious treatment for broader autistic symptoms. There is insufficient evidence to draw conclusions on the efficacy of modified diets, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, immune therapy, and vitamin and fatty acid supplementation. There is a clear need for met...

Therapeutic ketosis with ketone ester delays central nervous system oxygen toxicity seizures in rats.
In conclusion, acute oral administration of BD-AcAc2 produced sustained ketosis and significantly delayed CNS-OT seizures by elevating AcAc and acetone. PMID: 23552496 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology)

Inhalation injury: epidemiology, pathology, treatment strategies
Lung injury resulting from inhalation of smoke or chemical products of combustion continues to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Combined with cutaneous burns, inhalation injury increases fluid resuscitation requirements, incidence of pulmonary complications and overall mortality of thermal injury. While many products and techniques have been developed to manage cutaneous thermal trauma, relatively few diagnosis-specific therapeutic options have been identified for patients with inhalation injury. Several factors explain slower progress for improvement in management of patients with inhalation injury. Inhalation injury is a more complex clinical problem. Burned cutaneous tissue may be excised and replaced with skin grafts. Injured pulmonary tissue must be protected fr...

A potential early physiological marker for CNS oxygen toxicity: hyperoxic hyperpnea precedes seizure in unanesthetized rats breathing hyperbaric oxygen
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) stimulates presumptive central CO2-chemoreceptor neurons, increases minute ventilation (Vmin), decreases heart rate (HR) and, if breathed sufficiently long, produces central nervous system oxygen toxicity (CNS-OT; i.e., seizures). The risk of seizures when breathing HBO2 is variable between individuals and its onset is difficult to predict. We have tested the hypothesis that a predictable pattern of cardiorespiration precedes an impending seizure when breathing HBO2. To test this hypothesis, 27 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were implanted with radiotelemetry transmitters to assess diaphragmatic/abdominal electromyogram, electrocardiogram, and electroencephalogram. Seven days after surgery, each rat was placed in a sealed, continuously ventilated animal chamber ins...