Therapeutic Hypothermia: Critical review of the molecular mechanisms of action.

Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) is nowadays one of the most important methods of neuroprotection. The events that occur after an episode of ischemia are multiple and hypothermia can affect the various steps of this cascade. The mechanisms of action of TH are varied and the possible explanation for the...

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Main Authors: Fernando Pavel Gonzalez-Ibarra, Joseph eVaron, Elmer G Lopez-Meza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2011.00004/full