Assessment of a Nutritional Supplement Containing Resveratrol, Prebiotic Fiber, and Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Prevention and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats
Neuroscience, online 6 October 2017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.09.053
Highlights
- Mild traumatic brain injury is not prevented by dietary supplements but is lessened.
- Structural damage following mild traumatic brain injury is diffuse.
- Supplementation prevents some behavioral deficits from mild traumatic brain injury.
- Dendritic changes are prevented by supplements after mild traumatic brain injury.
- Gene expression associated with recovery is also altered by supplementation.
The following, in various combinations, have successfully prevented/treated concussions
Omega-3, Magnesium, Resveratrol, Progesterone, Glutamine and Vitamin D
Note: Omega-3, Magnesium, Resveratrol and Progesterone
each increase Vitamin D getting to cells
Items in both categories Trauma/Surgery and Cognitive are listed here:
- Delirium or cognitive problems after surgery 1.5X more likely if low vitamin D –meta-analysis Aug 2022
- Cardiac Surgery with low vitamin D increased delirium 1.4X, mortality 1.5X – May 2020
- Delirium 24 percent more likely for each 2.5 ng lower vitamin D (313,000 patients) – Feb 2019
- Dementia risk increased 2.4 X following TBI, even if had not lost consciousness – May 2018
- 5 Traumatic brain injuries resulted in 2.8 X increased risk of dementia – April 2018
- Postoperative cognitive dysfunction 8 X more likely if low vitamin D – March 2018
- Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults (does not mention low vitamin D relationship) NEJM Oct 2017
- Vitamin D and Glutamine reduced Trauma Center deaths by half – Matthews March 2017
- Football Brain injuries prevented by Omega-3 – RCT Jan 2016
- Delirium 2.7 X more likely after hip fracture and low vitamin D – May 2015
- Hospital induced delirium 2X more likely if low vitamin D – April 2015
- Magnesium may be an important way to treat brain trauma
- Vitamin D aided progesterone in reducing traumatic brain injury – RCT Dec 2012
Items in both categories Sports and Cognitive are listed here:
- Football professionals die more often of neuro and cardio problems than those in baseball – May 2019
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury prevented with Omega-3, Resveratrol, etc (in rats) – Oct 2017
- Football Brain injuries prevented by Omega-3 – RCT Jan 2016
- Traumatic brain injury treated by Vitamin D Progesterone Omega-3 and glutamine – May 2013
- A Concussion-Free Football Season: How one High School beat the odds - July 2012
- Vitamin D Helps Atlanta High School Athletes - Feb 2012
- Concussions (traumatic brain injury) getting big press coverage, vitamin D might be both a cause and a solution
Children and adolescents have the highest rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI), with mild TBI (mTBI) accounting for most of these injuries. Adolescents are particularly vulnerable and often suffer from post-injury symptomologies that may persist for months. We hypothesized that the combination of resveratrol (RES), prebiotic fiber (PBF), and omega-3 fatty acids (docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) would be an effective therapeutic supplement for the mitigation of mTBI outcomes in the developing brain. Adolescent male and female Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to the supplement (3S) or control condition, which was followed by a mTBI or sham insult. A behavioral test battery designed to examine symptomologies commonly associated with mTBI was administered. Following the test battery, tissue was collected from the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and primary auditory cortex for Golgi-Cox analysis of spine density, and for changes in expression of 6 genes (Aqp4, Gfap, Igf1, Nfl, Sirt1, and Tau). 3S treatment altered the behavioural performance of sham animals indicating that dietary manipulations modify premorbid characteristics. 3S treatment prevented injury-related deficits in the longer-term behaviour measures, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) spine density, and levels of Aqp4, Gfap, Igf1, Nfl, and Sirt1 expression in the PFC.
Although not fully protective, treatment with the supplement significantly improved post-mTBI function and warrants further investigation.