Reperfusion of specific brain regions by raising blood pressure restores selective language functions in subacute stroke

Brain and Language

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 495-510

  Hillis, Argye E ^a,b   Kane, Amy ^b   Tuffiash, Elizabeth ^b   Ulatowski, John A ^a   Barker, Peter B ^a   Beauchamp, Norman J ^a   Wityk, Robert J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke imaging; Aphasia; Hypertensive therapy; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; REGIONAL PERFUSION; REPERFUSION; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROKE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0035697755     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.2001.2563     Document Type: Article

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