Hypothermia Protects and Prolongs the Tolerance Time of Retinal Ganglion Cells against Ischemia.

PURPOSE:Hypothermia has been shown to be neuroprotective in the therapy of ischemic stroke in the brain. To date no studies exist on the level of the inner retina and it is unclear if hypothermia would prolong the ischemic tolerance time of retinal ganglion cells, which are decisive in many ischemic...

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Main Authors: Maximilian Schultheiss, Sven Schnichels, Thoralf Hermann, Jose Hurst, Marita Feldkaemper, Blanca Arango-Gonzalez, Marius Ueffing, Karl U Bartz-Schmidt, Guenther Zeck, Martin S Spitzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4744055?pdf=render