At the second International Conference on Tocotrienols and Chronic Diseases, researchers publicized that regular dose of natural vitamin E called tocotrienol could help to reduce brain damage in stroke victims. The research was funded by the Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS).

The scientists have discovered that tocotrienol might activate genes that altered blood vessel configuration to help bypass a blockage, and might also stop the repetition of stroke which affects almost 20,000 people in a year. Dr. Cameron Rink, one of the key tocotrienol researchers told that they were focusing on simple damage reducing therapies like use of natural vitamin-E and oxygen therapy which could easily be adopted into clinical practices.

From past ten years, researchers at Ohio University have been studying the impact of tocotrienol vitamin E on brain tissue.

Twenty dogs were selected randomly for the study, which either received a placebo or a TCT supplement regularly for 10 weeks. And, while the animals were under anesthesia, scientists induced stroke by blocking an artery in the animals' brains for an hour. After one hour, researchers found that cut that indicated brain tissue damage was 80% lesser in dogs that have received TCT supplementation in comparison to the dogs that received no intervention. Researchers affirmed that the brain function of humans was similar to dogs, which have made the findings of the study firmer.