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Fall 2010
Hyperthermia worsens outcome after ischemia. While it seems reasonable that hyperthermia would also worsen outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), clinical studies attempting to find a causative relationship between hyperthermia and outcome have been inconclusive. We induced ICH with an...
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Fall 2023
Fever is a physiological defense mechanism against infection associated with a rise in host’s temperature. Febrile responses are evolutionarily conserved through millions of years, taking place in both warm-blooded and cold-blooded vertebrates that share common biochemical pathways for fever...
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Spring 2024
Ancient philosophers observed and documented fever as an increased body temperature in response to infection. Nowadays, fever is regarded as a symptom of infection and inflammation and therefore is often supressed by NSAID drugs. A common hypothesis for the benefits of a fever is that the rise in...
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Investigating the Significance of Post-Stroke Temperature Changes in Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
DownloadFall 2024
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. There are two broad stroke subtypes: ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke occurs when brain tissue is deprived of oxygen and nutrients; hemorrhagic stroke occurs when brain vasculature ruptures and blood extravasates. Despite...
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Fall 2017
Since antiquity, fever has been documented as a physiological response to infection characterized by an increase in body temperature. Though fever is commonly regarded as a deleterious symptom of inflammation and is often suppressed using NSAID drugs, little is known about the effects that fever...