Systemic inflammatory challenges compromise survival after experimental stroke via augmenting brain inflammation, blood- brain barrier damage and brain oedema independently of infarct size
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Systemic inflammation impairs outcome in stroke patients and experimental animals via mechanisms which are poorly understood. Circulating inflammatory mediators can activate cerebrovascular endothelium or glial cells in the brain and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Neuroinflammation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/8/1/164 |