• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • WordPress
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Science Update

Science Update

Sharing Science | Satisfying Curiosity | Debunking BS

  • Spotlights
  • Reality Check
  • Why Is It?
  • Radio Archives
  • Sciup @ School
Home » Radio Archive » Daily Show » Recovery Roundup

Recovery Roundup

September 15, 2006
https://podcast.scienceupdate.com/060915_sciup_reco.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window

BOB HIRSHON (host):
How your brain recovers from a stroke. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.

After a stroke, the brain gives birth to new neurons in an attempt to repair itself. That’s according to new research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The scientists found the newborn cells in the areas immediately surrounding the stroke damage. The creation of new neurons is rare in adult brains, and it’s not clear how functional these ones are. But if they are useful, the researchers hope to find ways to enhance this natural healing ability.

In related news, scientists report that statins—which have long been used to prevent heart attacks by lowering cholesterol—also help the heart recover after a heart attack. They found that statins help restore bloodflow to blood vessels in the heart. They say the drugs do this in a totally different way from how they lower cholesterol.

I’m Bob Hirshon, for AAAS, the science society.

Category: Daily ShowTag: Medicine & Health
Previous Post:Listening to Volcanoes
Next Post:Underwater Noise

Sidebar

Radio Program Archives

Want to learn more about the brain? The environment? Here you can browse the topics that come up regularly on Science Update.

Search the Archives

Categories

  • Daily Show
  • Station Download
  • Weekly Show

Find By Tag

  • 2020
  • Acoustics & Sound
  • Aging
  • Animal Behavior
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy & Space
  • Biology
  • Brain Science
  • Bugs
  • Cat Video
  • Chemistry
  • Children & Families
  • cicadas
  • Climate & Weather
  • Communications
  • Computer Science
  • Economics & Business
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Environment & Conservation
  • Genetics & Evolution
  • Geology
  • Marine Science
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine & Health
  • Microbiology
  • Nanotechnology
  • NASA
  • Nutrition & Food Science
  • Paleontology & Dinosaurs
  • Physics
  • Plants & Agriculture
  • Political Science
  • Reality Check
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Sports & Fitness
  • spotlight
  • Spotlight Bugs
  • Terrorism & War
  • Why Is It? Questions
  • Wildlife
  • Year in Review

Find By Date

Science Update
  • About Science Update
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

Image of computer screen depicting an orange cat with a variety of alphanumeric scientific data superimposed on the the screen.
Spotted skunk performing handstand to threaten predators

Copyright © 2025 · Springtail Media LLC · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Pongos