Advances in the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke - M. Balestrino (Intech, Bio Med 1
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ADVANCES IN THE
TREATMENT OF
ISCHEMIC STROKE
Edited by
Maurizio Balestrino
Advances in the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke
Edited by Maurizio Balestrino
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Advances in the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke, Edited by Maurizio Balestrino
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ISBN 978-953-51-0136-9
Contents
Preface IX
Part 1
Hypothermia in the Acute Phase
1
Chapter 1
Cerebral Ischemia and Post-Ischemic
Treatment with Hypothermia 3
Kym Campbell, Neville W. Knuckey and Bruno P. Meloni
Chapter 2
Hypothermia as an Alternative for the
Management of Cerebral Ischemia 15
Felipe Eduardo Nares-López, Gabriela Leticia González-Rivera
and María Elena Chánez-Cárdenas
Chapter 3
Timing of Hypothermia (During or After Global
Cerebral Ischemia) Differentially Affects Acute
Brain Edema and Delayed Neuronal Death
37
Masaru Doshi and Yutaka Hirashima
Chapter 4
Molecular Mechanisms
Underlying the Neuroprotective Effect
of Hypothermia in Cerebral Ischemia
43
Yasushi Shintani and Yasuko Terao
Part 2
Brain Regeneration After Stroke:
Spontaneous Events and Stem Cells Therapy
67
Chapter 5
Cortical Neurogensis in Adult Brains
After Focal Cerebral Ischemia
69
Weigang Gu and Per Wester
Chapter 6
Brain Plasticity Following Ischemia:
Effect of Estrogen and Other Cerebroprotective Drugs
89
Edina A. Wappler, Klára Felszeghy, Mukesh Varshney,
Raj D. Mehra, Csaba Nyakas and Zoltán Nagy
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