Human brain temperature: Regulation, measurement and relationship with cerebral trauma: Part 1

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-496

  Childs, Charmaine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain temperature; Fever; Homeothermy; Hyperthermia; Neuronal damage; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEVER; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOMETER; THERMOREGULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 52749089582     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690802245541     Document Type: Review

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