Hypothermia and cerebral ischaemia—mechanisms and cerebral ischemia

Edited by Carolina M Maier and Gary K Steinberg. Published by The Humana Press, New Jersey, 2003, £99.50 (hardback), pp 177. ISBN 0-86903-660-X The idea that the evolution of acute brain injury can be reversed either by reducing cerebral metabolic rate or arresting metabolic pathways that determine irreversibility is one of the central concepts of acute neuroprotection. Induction of hypothermia …