Abstract
The development of ischemic brain injury depends upon the severity and duration of ischemia [9, 13]. Compromised brain tissues may recover if blood flow is restored after a brief duration of ischemia [4, 13, 14, 17, 24, 27]. This concept has led to therapeutic attempts to restore flow in animal stroke models, and in human stroke, with thrombolytic therapy [3, 6, 29]. Successful salvage of brain tissues will likely require intervention within a few hours after interruption of the cerebral blood supply. During this time-window, however, acute ischemic stroke patients often recover spontaneously from the initial deficits
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Minematsu, K. (1993). Spectacular Shrinking Deficits in Acute Ischemic Stroke. In: del Zoppo, G.J., Mori, E., Hacke, W. (eds) Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78061-5_20
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