REGULATION OF INTRACELLULAR FREE MAGNESIUM IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY, James Cook University, Australia 1995

"...8. CONCLUSION

In conclusion, we have summarized a growing body of both experimental and clinical evidence indicating that magnesium decline plays a critical role in the development of irreversible tissue damage following direct and indirect neurotrauma. Moreover, the fact that magnesium has now been shown to be neuroprotective in both focal and diffuse forms of brain injury suggests that the magnesium ion plays a ubiquitous role in determining functional outcome following brain injury...." full paper: http://www.bioscience.org/2000/v5/d/vink/fulltext.htm

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Brain injury 3.1. Brain magnesium following injury 3.2. Blood free magnesium following brain injury 4. Experimental treatment strategies in brain injury 4.1. Magnesium therapy 4.2. Other treatment strategies 5. The role of magnesium 6. Clinical studie...