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Inflammation was also considered to be abnormal in the brain. It is now known that there are many different kinds of inflammation, including a type stimulated by neurons as part of neuroplasticity—one definition of neuro inflammation. Recent research shows that abnormal types of inflammation with alterations in microglia and astrocytes are part of states that increase degenerative brain disease.

Now it is clear that there are types of inflammation that are helpful—fighting infection and healing tissues—and there are types of inflammation that increase damage over time. It has not been clear how various types of inflammation affect traumatic brain injury