Neuroprotective strategies in nature - Novel clues for the treatment of stroke and trauma

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1999, Issue SUPPL. 73, 1999, Pages 57-61

  Frerichs, Kai U ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Trauma

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD CELL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIBERNATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NATURAL SCIENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; GLUCOSE; HIBERNATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NATURE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0032620025     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6391-7     Document Type: Article

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