This back in January 2013 already proved this point;
The neuroprotective actions of hypoxic preconditioning and postconditioning in a neonatal rat model of hypoxic ischemic brain injury
This is a fascinating idea, treat your recently oxygen starved brain with more reduced oxygen supply. Completely opposite of the HBOT theories.
Now will this be the tipping point for your doctor to create a stroke protocol out of this? Or do you prefer your doctor's incompetence to be NOT KNOWING? Or NOT DOING?
Maybe by reading these 23 posts you can train your doctor.
hypoxia (23 posts to November 2011)
Intermittent Hypoxia Training for Treating Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study
Abstract
Although
intermittent hypoxia training (IHT) has proven effective against
various clinical disorders, its impact on mild cognitive impairment
(MCI) is unknown. This pilot study examined IHT’s safety and therapeutic
efficacy in elderly patients with amnestic MCI (aMCI). Seven patients
with aMCI (age 69 ± 3 years) alternately breathed 10% O2 and
room-air, each 5 minutes, for 8 cycles/session, 3 sessions/wk for 8
weeks. The patients’ resting arterial pressures fell by 5 to 7 mm Hg (P < .05) and cerebral tissue oxygenation increased (P < .05) following IHT. Intermittent hypoxia training enhanced hypoxemia-induced cerebral vasodilation (P < .05) and improved mini-mental state examination and digit span scores from 25.7 ± 0.4 to 27.7 ± 0.6 (P = .038) and from 24.7 ± 1.2 to 26.1 ± 1.3 (P = .047), respectively. California verbal learning test score tended to increase (P
= .102), but trail making test-B and controlled oral word association
test scores were unchanged. Adaptation to moderate IHT may enhance
cerebral oxygenation and hypoxia-induced cerebrovasodilation while
improving short-term memory and attention in elderly patients with aMCI.
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