New Strategies in Stroke Intervention Ionic Transporters, Pumps, and New Channels /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Annunziato, Lucio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010.
• Series: Contemporary Neuroscience
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Neurosciences.; Pharmacology.; Anesthesiology.; Cardiology.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Molecular Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Ischemic brain damage represents a major source of morbidity and mortality in westernized society and poses a significant financial burden on the health care system. To date, few effective therapies have been realized to treat stroke and promising avenues have not proven clinically useful. Recent ev...