Brain stem death as the vital determinant for resumption of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest in rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Alice Y W ^a,b   Chan, Julie Y H ^c   Chuang, Yao Chung ^a,d   Chan, Samuel H H ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MEVINPHOS; UBIDECARENONE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOXIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM DEATH; CIRCULATION; HEART ARREST; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL; CELL RESPIRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL RESPIRATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70449427948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007744     Document Type: Article

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