The Ischemic Penumbra: Still the Target for Stroke Therapies?

• मुख्य लेखक: Argye E. Hillis (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Jean-Claude Baron (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Medicine; Diffusion-weighted imaging; penumbra; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; cerebrovascular disease; Acute ischemic stroke; perfusion-weighted imaging; regional cerebral blood flow; positron emission tomography; Computer Tomography Perfusion
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The ischemic penumbra was initially defined by Symon, Lassen and colleagues in the 1970s as an area of brain tissue with inadequate blood flow to maintain electric activity of neurons but adequate blood flow to preserve the function of the ion channels. This area of tissue, receiving enough blood to...