I'm not very clear about the etiology of cognitive problems that occur after concussion; can anyone give me some hints? I've read studies about nootropics that are useful in the case of more severe traumatic brain injury, but I'm unclear as to whether they might be expected to help in cases of concussion.
Its quite extensive, this is all from old memory and is missing alot.
1.Excitoxicity, this often results from concussions in varying degrees. A combination of decreased oxygen, decreased excitory amino acid transport function, increased cranial pressure, ruptured membranes(including mitoc) etc can cause severe excitoxicity. Acute intervention can help with this say within 72 hours, i think sigma-1 agonists are frequently used as they have a nmda antagonist action, while also helping (2.) by increasing global communication in the netwrok,
2.Dissassociation, temporal neural networks are disrupted for extended periods. Adaptive process quickly weaken the old pathways in favour of whats running currently(during injury). This means alot needs to be relearnt,
3.Inflamatory processes cause extensive damage in there own right.(curcumin, theres lots more)
Phosp serine is a really good idea
Maybe even add some D-serine if you can source
Exercise should help alot
Identifying the cognitive domains that have been impaired and then following through with extensive targeted training to improve performance
I doubt Neuron loss will cause a long term problem for you, but small support cells like glial will have suffered, Lithium could be an option.
Main thing is time and work
Good Luck