Neuroprotective Therapy for Stroke and Ischemic Disease Gebunden

A critical and comprehensive look at current state-of-the-art scientific and translational research being conducted internationally in academia and industry to address new ways to provide effective treatment to victims of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and other ischemic diseases. Currently stroke can be successfully treated through the administration of a thrombolytic but the therapeutic window is short and many patients are not able to receive treatment. Only about 30% of patients are cured by available treatments. In 5 sections the proposed volume will explore historical and novel neur oprotection mechanisms and targets new and combination therapies as well as clinical trial design for some of the recent bench-side research.