Adipose tissue and metabolic and inflammatory responses to stroke are altered in obese mice

• Main Authors: Michael J. Haley (Author), Graham Mullard (Author), Katherine A. Hollywood (Author), Garth J. Cooper (Author), Warwick B. Dunn (Author), Catherine B. Lawrence (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity is an independent risk factor for stroke, although several clinical studies have reported that obesity improves stroke outcome. Obesity is hypothesised to aid recovery by protecting against post-stroke catabolism. We therefore assessed whether obese mice had an altered metabolic and inflamma...