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| | #REDIRECT [[Brain ischemia]] |
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| ==Overview==
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| '''Cerebral ischemia''' is an [[ischemic]] condition where the [[brain]] or parts of the brain do not receive enough [[blood flow]] to maintain normal [[neurological]] function. Cerebral ischemia can be the result of various [[diseases]], or the result of [[arterial]] obstruction such as strangulation. Similarly to [[cerebral hypoxia]], severe or prolonged cerebral ischemia will result in [[unconsciousness]], [[brain damage]] or [[death]], mediated by the [[ischemic cascade]].
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| An [http://physrev.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/79/4/1431 extensive review] of mechanisms by which ischemia damages the nervous system has been published by Peter Lipton.
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| A related condition is [[subcortical ischemic depression]], also known as vascular depression. This condition is most commonly seen in elderly depressed patients. Late onset depression is increasingly seen as a distinct variety of depression, and is commonly detected with an MRI.
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| ==References==
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| *Chang, Steven; Doty, James; Skirboll, Stephen; Steinberg, Gary. [http://cgi.stanford.edu/~amlin/cgi-bin/find_specialist?action=get_description&disease=cerebralischemia Cerebral ischemia ]. ''cgi.stanford.edu''. URL last accessed February 26, 2006.
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| *Ramirez, Robert; Gulli, Laith. [http://health.enotes.com/jax/index.php/works/download/type=encyclopedia/notes=neurological-disorders-encyclopedia/section=hypoxia/ Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders: Hypoxia]. ''health.enotes.com''. URL last accessed February 26, 2006. (PDF format)
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| [[sv:Cerebral ischemi]]
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