If we carefully examine broccoli, we see these many tiny tendrils (Figure 4) similar to the brain's dendrite forests (Figure 5). The brain has billions of neuron cells that anchor their branched projections, the dendrites. They, in turn, propagate – sending and receiving electrochemical stimuli – and act as antennae or receptors of signals from other nerve cells.

The human body and all its physical and emotional functions depend on the healthy performance of these critical brain elements. They either die or shut down when they are damaged from a blow or concussive brain injury. Recent brain studies have confirmed that the brain has an amazing capacity to recover. The brain's plasticity generates brand new dendrites that replace the dead ones or revitalize the dormant ones. Spectrographic scans were taken of a veteran's concussion-damaged brain show areas of injury to the lobes and their dendrite forests. As we confirm with our HBOT treatment, concentrated oxygen not only treats and heals a damaged brain but stimulates and activates the brain's own ability to heal itself. Recent Israeli neuroplasticity studies of veterans with TBI confirm this process.

BUILDING BLOCKS : The brain's gelatinous mass is encased in a rigid skull for protection (Fig. 3); If we carefully examine broccoli, we see these many tiny tendrils (Fig. 4) similar to the brain's dendrite forests; The brain has billions of neuron cells that anchor their branched projections, the dendrites (Fig. 5); Frequently, these dendrites survive serious damage and go dormant until the proper type of medical treatment revives and restores their lost functions. (Fig. 6).

THE VETERAN'S BRAIN SUFFERS A CONCUSSION

The brain is composed of eighty billion dendrites anchored in their neuron bodies. They are the primary receptors for our brain's information, and together they control and coordinate our body's many functions. In effect, they are the main elements of the brain's computer.

The human brain is designed to ward off minor blows, such as from a fall or being shaken in an accident. This is because the brain mass bounces off the inside skull wall and is saved from any injury in most cases. However, a severe blast or concussion sends shockwaves through the brain mass with such intensity that many dendrites and neurons either shut down or die due to the extreme shock. Frequently, these dendrites survive serious damage and go dormant until the proper type of medical treatment revives and restores their lost functions. (Figure 6).

For several centuries, it has been proven that oxygen heals wounds and destroys parasites. Oxygen has been employed for more than 100 years by the U.S. Navy to treat and cure nitrogen narcosis, or the "bends," as it is better known. Major hospitals today employ hyperbaric chambers for a large number of FDA-approved maladies, as shown in the following list: air or gas embolism, carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, crush injury, decompression sickness, arterial insufficiencies (category of diabetic foot ulcers), severe anemia, intracranial abscess, necrotizing soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis, delayed radiation injury, comprised skin graphs and flaps, thermal burn injury, and idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

An important Israeli study, documented and published in 2013 by a distinguished team of researchers drawn from Tel-Aviv University, The Assaf Harofeh

Medical Center, and the Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Zerifin, Israel, tested and documented the brain's capacity to heal itself in at least two cases.1, 2 Called neuroplasticity, the brain's unique ability to overcome and eliminate injuries and tissue damage with the right stimulus, such as the brain's exposure to hyperbaric oxygen, which heals and restores life to damaged cells.Blood flow is critical to human life and bodily functions. The brain is no exception, and its complexity requires even greater attention than other organs and wound areas. Interruption of blood flow to parts of the brain can result in strokes, seizures, and other impairments, which is why the timely HBOT treatment of veterans who suffer from TBI and PTSD is extremely critical, especially when there is proof that oxygen-based therapy does heal and restore the combat veteran's body and mind.