A stroke can be ischemic or hemorrhagic. This book provides advanced information regarding acute ischemic stroke. Despite important technological developments in past few years, their influence on our overall health and social well-being is not always clearly visible. Evidently, one of the best instances of this is reflected by the fact that mortality rates as a consequence of cerebrovascular diseases have only slightly altered in the right direction, if they have changed at all. This makes cerebrovascular diseases one of the most widespread reasons for both disability and death. In such a...

This book presents innovations in the preclinical study of stroke, comprising of new tools and findings in animal models of stroke, new biochemical mechanisms through which ischemic injury may be both formulated and confined. Although hypothermia has been so far the only "neuroprotection" cure that has endured the translation from preclinical to clinical studies, developments in both preclinical studies and in design of clinical trials will hopefully give more and better treatments for ischemic stroke. This book focuses on supplying the preclinical scientists with creative knowledge and...

This book provides significant information about the advances and treatment in relation to ischemic stroke. In past few years, research on ischemic stroke has generated powerful therapeutic tools. New frontiers of stem cell therapy and of hypothermia have been discovered, and new brain repair mechanisms have been uncovered. Confinement to intravenous thrombolysis has been developed and strong endovascular tools have been made available to clinicians. Surgical decompression in malignant stroke has significantly enhanced the prognosis of this often lethal condition. This book comprises of...

This book presents innovations in the preclinical study of stroke addressing new pathways to neuroprotection. Although hypothermia has been so far the only "neuroprotection" cure that has endured the translation from preclinical to clinical studies, developments in both preclinical studies and in design of clinical trials will hopefully give more and better treatments for ischemic stroke. This book focuses on supplying the preclinical scientists with creative knowledge and instruments to examine new mechanisms of ischemic brain damage and its cure.