Cerebral oxygenation and the recoverable brain.

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Summary

Three patients are presented in whom recoverable brain tissue has been identified using SPECT imaging and increased cerebral oxygenation under hyperbaric conditions, apparently representing a reversal of the changes that render neurones dormant and the activity of cells, previously undetectable by standard electrophysiological methods, can now be demonstrated.

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article
Published
1998-01-01
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Keywords

Penumbra, Ischemia, Oxygenation, Hypoxia (environmental), Perfusion

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