Serum Levels of B-cell Lymphoma-2 Anti-Apoptotic Protein and Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction Mortality
In addition to many disabilities and deaths, ischemic stroke is also responsible for a great consumption of health resources.1 Apart from the primary brain injury due to vasculature obstruction, in ischemic stroke appears a secondary brain injury due to the activation of different physiopathological pathways (as apoptosis).2 –6 Apoptotic changes have been found in brain tissue samples of patients with ischemic stroke.7–11
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Leonardo Lorente, Mar ía M. Martín, Agustín F. González-Rivero, Antonia Pérez-Cejas, Luis Ramos-Gómez, Jordi Solé-Violán, Juan J. Cáceres, Jacobo J. Villacampa-Jiménez, Alejandro Jiménez Source Type: research