- Normalization of glucose metabolism by injured brain cells - positive effects continue even after the oxygen exposure has ceased.
- Hyperbaric oxygen has a dramatic effect on reducing tissue swelling and is used in the treatment of crush and traumatic injuries for that reason.
- The improvement in motor function and decrease in Spasticity in chronic brain injury and CP seems to be related to a "recanvassing" of idling neurons in the affected area of the brain - neurons that survived the original hypoxia or trauma but have not resumed their former electrical activity due to com-promised blood supply and oxygen delivery.
