Metal Ion in Stroke

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Li, Yang V. (Editor), Zhang, John H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

This book illustrates remarkable roles of metal ions in the neuropathophysiology of stroke, which is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Metal ions have unique chemical properties that allow them to play diverse roles in the brain. They regulate excitability and function as co-factors i...