Delayed postconditioning protects against focal ischemic brain injury in rats.

We and others have reported that rapid ischemic postconditioning, interrupting early reperfusion after stroke, reduces infarction in rats. However, its extremely short therapeutic time windows, from a few seconds to minutes after reperfusion, may hinder its clinical translation. Thus, in this study...

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Main Authors: Chuancheng Ren, Xuwen Gao, Gang Niu, Zhimin Yan, Xiaoyuan Chen, Heng Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2588536?pdf=render