Chronic hypertension aggravates heat stress-induced brain damage: Possible neuroprotection by cerebrolysin

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 106, 2009, Pages 327-333

  Muresanu, Dafin Fior ^b   Zimmermann Meinzingen, Sibilla ^c   Sharma, Hari Shanker ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c EBEWE Neuro Pharma   (Austria)

Author keywords

brain edema; brain pathology; cerebral blood flow; Cerebrolysin; hypertensive rats; whole body hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

CEREBROLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER DYSFUNCTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN EDEMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT INJURY; HEAT STRESS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; INCUBATOR; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALIVATION DISORDER; STOMACH ULCER; WHOLE BODY HYPERTHERMIA;

EID: 78649346773     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-98811-4_61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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