| Author | : Ulrich Dirnagl |
| File Size | : 52,6 Mb |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 17 April 2013 |
| ISBN | : 9783662054260 |
| Pages | : 224 pages |
Neuroinflammation in Stroke by Ulrich Dirnagl Book PDF Summary
The successful treatment of acute stroke remains one of the major challenges in clinical medicine. Over the last decades, the understanding of stroke pathophysiology has greatly improved, while the therapeutic options in stroke therapy remain very limited. Today, hyperacute mechanisms of damage, such as excitotoxicity, can be discriminated from delayed ones, such as inflammation and apoptosis. Targeting of inflammation has already been successfully applied in various stroke models, but translation into a clinically efficacious strategy has not been achieved so far. In this book, leading experts in basic cerebrovascular research as well as stroke treatment review the current evidence for and against an important role for inflammation in stroke, and explore the potential of treating or modulating inflammation in stroke therapy.