Ischemic and oxidative damage to the hypothalamus may be responsible for heat stroke

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-140

  Chen, Sheng Hsien ^a,b   Lin, Mao Tsun ^a   Chang, Ching Ping ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cytokines; Heatstroke; Hypotension; Hypothalamus; Hypoxia; Inflammation; Ischemia; Oxidative stress; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; BAICALIN; DOPAMINE; DROTRECOGIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ESTROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLYCEROL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SCAVENGER; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; ISCHEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NERVE INJURY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 84876706959     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: 18756190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570159X11311020001     Document Type: Article

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