Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Therapy

cerebral palsy stem cell therapy 

As we have discussed in the former article (click here), cerebral palsy is a congenital disorder that caused by brain damage during pregnancy, delivery, or rapidly after birth. Many scientists around the world have been looking for its therapy. The trend of cerebral palsy therapy is now stem cell therapy. 

CT scan of children with cerebral palsy shows many hypoperfusion areas (hypoperfusion = lack of blood flow). Stem cell therapy has benefits to help repair this condition by:

• Repairing white matters area to produce more glial cells
• Repairing grey matters by stimulating the growth factors and nerve cells.
• Stimulating the formation of blood vessels (angiogenesis) to the damaged areas.
• Stimulating more new neurons to get more oxygen and nutrient supply.
• Muscle tissue strengthening.
• Increasing immunity system.
• Improving neuroprotection.

Several studies conclude that cerebral palsy is the best responder to stem cells. In a study of 20 participants, about 85% showed mild to significant improvement after 5 months therapy. Symptoms and signs of improvements are: muscle tone, increased vocabulary, increased comprehension and socialization. Good respond is caused by the cells differentiate predominantly into glial progenitors that promote brain cells repair. After that, it must be followed by physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy.