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Ischemic Stroke: from Basic Mechanisms to New Drug Development.
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Ischemic Stroke: from Basic Mechanisms to New Drug Development. Edited by C Y Hsu. (Pp l66, Sw fr 159). Published by S Kargar AG, Switzerland, 1998. ISBN3-8055-6560-7.
This volume in the Monographs in Clinical Neuroscience series provides a timely overview of recent advances in stroke therapy. The list of contributors includes many prominent names from current experimental stroke research, and the contents of the book generally live up to the expectations that such a list generates. Aspects of experimental neuroprotection that were covered in individual chapters include glutamate receptor mediated ischaemic neuronal death, oxidant mechanisms, nitric oxide, …