The key to surviving a stroke may be found in an unexpected creature, a naked mole rat. Though naked mole rats are very ugly, they may hold clues to surviving stroke. Scientists have found out that the naked mole rats brain tissue may live without oxygen for more than thirty minutes.
These studies have shown that these mole rats can live longer on very little oxygen than most other mammals. Strokes are many times caused by brain injuries and little oxygen to the brain. Also these rats may in the future be helpful when people get in accidents and medical emergencies. Scientists need to keep studying how these rats live on such little oxygen because these studies may benefit us in the future. To read more click here.
The naked mole rat has the ability to breathe in low oxyegen environments. Just like a human or any other mammal fetus. In the womb of a mammal the is little oxyegen but are brains can still get the right amount of oxygen. The mole rats have adapted over a long period of time to stay like this through adult hood not just in childhood. If we continue to study the mole rat to learn how it does this we would be able to save many people who have had brain injuries.