Experimental middle cerebral artery occlusion : a study of the effects of controlled hypotension on infarct size, cerebral oedema, and cerebral blood flow in a rat model of focal cerebral ischaemia, and a preliminary evaluation of the effects of immunosuppression by irradiation on the development of cerebral oedema

If changes in medical therapy are to be beneficial after the ischaemic insult, they must prevent either systemic complications such as hypotension or hypoxia, or secondary local complications such as cerebral oedema and raised intracranial pressure. This thesis addresses further aspects of these sec...

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Main Author: Strachan, Roger D.
Published: University of Edinburgh 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662540