The Brain Without Oxygen - Causes of Failure and Mechanisms for Survival

List of contents

Summary of contents:
Introduction: Brain energy failure
Normal brain function and its energy requirements
The brain in crisis
Brains that survive anoxia
Mechanisms of brain anoxia tolerance
Special cases of enhanced brain hypoxia tolerance
Clinical perspectives

Product details

• Authors: Peter L. Lutz, Göran E. Nilsson
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9783540631316
• ISBN: 978-3-540-63131-6
• No. of pages: 207
• Weight: 534 g
• Illustrations: w. figs.
• Series: Neuroscience Intelligence Unit; Neuroscience Intelligence Unit
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine