Neuroprotective mechanisms of hypothermia in brain ischaemia

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 267-278

  Yenari, Midori A ^a,b   Han, Hyung Soo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; AQUAPORIN 4; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; DEATH RECEPTOR; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MICRORNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACIDOSIS; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CELL DEATH; EXCITOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART ARREST; HYPOTHERMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858706456     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3174     Document Type: Review

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