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. 2011 Oct;164(4):1207–1229. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01163.x

Table 1.

Key scientific approaches for further improvement of neurocritical care in traumatic brain injury

Pharmacological neuroprotection Drugs blocking specific secondary injury mechanisms
Drugs stimulating reparative mechanisms
Monitoring of the brain injury process Biomarkers of specific secondary injury mechanisms
Refined/novel neuroimaging methods
Neurorepair Axonal regeneration
Neurogenesis/stem cell therapy
Neurorehabilitation/plasticity