Electrical Stimulation of Cerebellar Fastigial Nucleus: Mechanism of Neuroprotection and Prospects for Clinical Application against Cerebral Ischemia

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 710-716

  Wang, Jian ^a,b   Dong, Wei Wei ^c   Zhang, Wen Hua ^d   Zheng, Jian ^e   Wang, Xin ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Second People's Hospital of Chengdu   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Fastigial nucleus; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENCEPHALITIS; EXCITOTOXICITY; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; COMPLICATION; ISCHEMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA;

EID: 84904672282     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12288     Document Type: Review

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