Open AccessSleep Disruption Aggravates Focal Cerebral Ischemia in the Rat
Author(s) -
Bo Gao,
Ertugrul Cam,
H. Jaeger,
Cristina Zunzunegui,
Johannes Sarnthein,
Claudio L. Bassetti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/33.7.879
Subject(s) - medicine , ischemia , sleep (system call) , stroke (engine) , anesthesia , sleep deprivation , cardiology , endocrinology , circadian rhythm , mechanical engineering , computer science , engineering , operating system
Sleep changes are frequent in stroke patients and predict a poor outcome. It remains unclear how sleep influences stroke evolution and recovery. We assessed effects of sleep disruption on brain damage and on the expression of axon sprouting genes after focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
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