Sympathetic dysautonomia as a cause of cerebral hypoperfusion and myocardial ischemia in neurocardiogenic syncope

Astrocytic swelling in cerebral ischemia

Astrocytic swelling in cerebral ischemia as a possible cause of injury and target for therapy

✍ Harold K. Kimelberg 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 221 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract In this viewpoint article, I summarize data showing that the astrocytic swelling that occurs early after the acute CNS pathologies ischemia and traumatic brain injury is damaging. We have proposed that one reason may be the release of excitatory amino acids (EAA) via volume‐activated an