The Brain without Oxygen (Neuroscience Intelligence Unit) （2ND）

Lutz, Peter L./ Nilsson, Goran E.

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K（1997/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 214 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783540631316
• DDC分類 612.82

Full Description

This is a discussion of the problem of how any interruption in energy supply to the brain for more than a few minutes results in irreversible damage. From a comparative perspective, the work presents findings concerning the pathological processes occurring in brain hypoxia and discusses in detail the defence mechanisms that allow the brains of a few vertebrate species to survive anoxia for long periods of time. It describes the processes underlying the enhanced hypoxid tolerance shown by the brains of the mammalian neonate, the hibernating mammal and the diving marine mammal. The book identifies the key processes that are protected in anoxia tolerant animals, which allow insights into the survival hierarchy of the many systems that collapse in the energy-deprived mammalian brain.

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.