Therapeutic hypothermia for stroke: Do new outfits change an old friend?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-246

  Gupta, Rishi ^a,b   Jovin, Tudor G ^b,c   Krieger, Derk W ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Stroke; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OLEAMIDE; PETHIDINE; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; TOPIRAMATE; UBIQUINONE;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOLING; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOVASCULAR COOLING; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; REGIONAL COOLING; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SCALP; SELECTIVE SCALP COOLING; STROKE; SURFACE COOLING; TECHNIQUE; THERMOREGULATION; WARMING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED;

EID: 15944366585     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.5.2.235     Document Type: Review

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