{"id":436,"date":"2014-09-09T09:11:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T09:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=436"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:22:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T09:22:29","slug":"xenon-gas-protects-the-brain-after-head-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/09\/09\/xenon-gas-protects-the-brain-after-head-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenon gas protects the brain after head injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/09\/09\/xenon-gas-protects-the-brain-after-head-injury\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2014\/09\/Xenon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright wp-image-439 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2014\/09\/Xenon-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Xenon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/AP\/faces\/pages\/read\/Home.jsp?person=r.dickinson&amp;_adf.ctrl-state=co1apvgod_99&amp;_afrRedirect=2857245484384071\">Dr Robert Dickinson<\/a> (lecturer in Anaesthetics for the Division of\u00a0Surgery), led the study which looked at how treatment with xenon gas after a head injury reduces the extent of brain damage, according to a study in mice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a blow to the head, most of the damage to the brain doesn&#8217;t occur immediately but in the hours and days afterwards. 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