Hypoxia, Brain - Complications
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Effects of piracetam therapy in a case of Lance-Adams syndrome]

30 Aug 2009 We report a 17-year-old female patient with Lance-Adams syndrome caused by anoxic encephalopathy during a severe attack of bronchial asthma. She had difficulty in writing because of action myoclonus in her arms. She also exhibited freezing gait and ... Read more...

Protection of hippocampal slices against hypoxia/hypoglycemia injury by a Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract.

27 Apr 2009 In transverse hippcampus slices a short period of hypoxia/hypoglycemia induced by perfusion with O(2)/glucose-free medium caused early loss and incomplete restoration of evoked field potentials to only 50% in the CA(1) region. We report about a ... Read more...

Resuscitation at birth and cognition at 8 years of age: a cohort study.

18 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Mild cerebral injury might cause subtle defects in cognitive function that are only detectable as the child grows older. Our aim was to determine whether infants receiving resuscitation after birth, but with no symptoms of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypoxia, Brain - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Predictors of awakening from postanoxic status epilepticus after therapeutic hypothermia. Nov 2009
• [Effects of piracetam therapy in a case of Lance-Adams syndrome] 30 Aug 2009
• Dramatic effect of levetiracetam on posthypoxic myoclonus: difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation. 29 Jun 2009
• High-altitude cerebral effects: risks and mechanisms. 29 Jun 2009
• Episodic dystonic spasm of the bilateral edge of the tongue during a coma following anoxic encephalopathy. 26 Jun 2009
• Protection of hippocampal slices against hypoxia/hypoglycemia injury by a Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract. 27 Apr 2009
• Resuscitation at birth and cognition at 8 years of age: a cohort study. 18 Apr 2009
• Brain tumor hypoxia: tumorigenesis, angiogenesis, imaging, pseudoprogression, and as a therapeutic target. 7 Apr 2009
• Cerebrovascular disease and patterns of cerebral oxygenation during sleep in elders. 30 Mar 2009
• Nimodipine prevents transient cognitive dysfunction after moderate hypoxia in adult mice. 30 Mar 2009
• The neuropathology of infant subdural haemorrhage. 17 Mar 2009
• [Effect of infrared low-intensity laser radiation on a mutation process and proliferative corneal activity in experimental cerebral hypoxia] 27 Feb 2009
• Input and output modes modulate phonological and semantic contributions to immediate serial recall: evidence from a brain-damaged patient. 27 Feb 2009
• A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate. 27 Feb 2009
• Predictors of awakening from postanoxic status epilepticus after therapeutic hypothermia. 22 Feb 2009
• [Differential diagnosis of status epilepticus] 11 Feb 2009
• Periodic epileptiform discharges in hypoxic encephalopathy: BiPLEDs and GPEDs as a poor prognosis for survival. 2 Feb 2009
• The prognostic value of the EEG in postanoxic coma. 5 Jan 2009
• European consensus table on the use of botulinum toxin type A in adult spasticity. 30 Dec 2008
• Twiddler's syndrome in an adolescent patient with ICD during neurological and physical rehabilitation. 22 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Hypoxia, Brain'

Definition: A reduction in brain oxygen supply due to ANOXEMIA (a reduced amount of oxygen being carried in the blood by HEMOGLOBIN), or to a restriction of the blood supply to the brain, or both. Severe hypoxia is referred to as anoxia, and is a relatively common cause of injury to the central nervous system. Prolonged brain anoxia may lead to BRAIN DEATH or a PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE. Histologically, this condition is characterized by neuronal loss which is most prominent in the HIPPOCAMPUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; CEREBELLUM; and inferior olives.

Descriptor UI: D002534

Alternative terms: Hypoxia, Brain; Brain Hypoxia; Anoxic Brain Damage; Brain Damage, Anoxic; Damage, Anoxic Brain; Anoxic Encephalopathy; Anoxic Encephalopathies; Encephalopathies, Anoxic; Encephalopathy, Anoxic; Cerebral Anoxia; Anoxia, Cerebral; Cerebral Hypoxia; Hypoxia, Cerebral; Anoxia, Brain; Brain Anoxia; Hypoxic Brain Damage; Brain Damage, Hypoxic; Damage, Hypoxic Brain; Hypoxic Encephalopathy; Encephalopathy, Hypoxic; Encephalopathies, Hypoxic; Hypoxic Encephalopathies;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.624;

History Note: 2000(1963)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with BRAIN ISCHEMIA, a reduced blood supply