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Transient Ischemic Attack

New transient ischemic attack study results reported from Johns Hopkins University, Medical Department

Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, April 27th, 2008

"Transient ischemic attacks have long been regarded as a risk factor for the incidence of stroke but may reduce the severity of stroke by inducing ischemic tolerance. The present objective was to develop an ischemic preconditioning (IPC) model of delayed tolerance in the mouse based on repetitive, transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)," scientists in the United States report.

"Mice anesthetized with halothane or isoflurane underwent IPC, which consisted of repetitive MCAO at 45-minute intervals by the intraluminal filament technique. A 90-minute test MCAO was performed 24 to 96 hours later. Using an IPC of 2 5-minute MCAO episodes, the reduction in infarct...

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