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DETROIT, March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers suggest niacin -- or vitamin B3 -- may be used to treat stroke in the future.
The researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit gave niacin to rats with ischemic stroke -- an obstruction within a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain.
The brains of the rats given niacin showed new blood vessel growth and nerve cell improvement that helped improve neurological outcomes.
"If this proves to also work well in our human trials, we'll then have the benefit of a low-cost, easily tolerable treatment for one of the most neurologically devastating conditions," Michael Chopp, scientific director at the Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute, said in a statement.
Chopp said niacin essentially re-wires the brain and this has very exciting potential for use in humans.
"The results of this study may also open doors in other areas of neurological medicine, including brain injury," he said.
Chopp presented the results from the animal model study at the International Stroke Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
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