Mechanisms of perinatal arterial ischemic stroke

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 921-932

  Fernández López, David ^a   Natarajan, Niranjana ^b   Ashwal, Stephen ^c   Vexler, Zinaida S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood brain barrier; inflammation; microglia; neonatal ischemia; pediatric stroke

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROGENESIS; STROKE;

EID: 84901844522     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.41     Document Type: Review

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