Neuroanatomy and Physiology of Brain Dysfunction in Sepsis

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 333-345

  Mazeraud, Aurelien ^a,b,c   Pascal, Quentin ^a   Verdonk, Franck ^a,b   Heming, Nicholas ^c   Chrétien, Fabrice ^a,b,d   Sharshar, Tarek ^a,c,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Neuroanatomy; Neuroinflammation; Sepsis; Sepsis associated encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CELL COMPONENT; CELL METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLIOVASCULAR UNIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPSIS ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUROANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUROANATOMY; SEPSIS;

EID: 84969592913     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2016.01.013     Document Type: Review

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