First Mediterranean Thematic Workshop on Advanced Molecular Brain Imaging with Compact High Performance MRI-Compatible PET and SPECT Imagers – Potential for a Paradigm Shift

Session

Cerebrovascular diseases

Sep 1, 2012, 11:30 AM

Giardini di Naxos (Taormina, Sicily)

7. Physiopathology of cerebral ischemia and clinical need for Imaging

F. Orzi

9/1/12, 11:30 AM

Abstract. Following an ischemic insult, brain tissue looses functional activity in a few seconds and undergoes irreversible damage and eventually cell death in a few minutes. In case of incomplete ischemia, associated with critical reduction of the cerebral blood flow, the brain damage consists of a process rather than a sudden event, and cellular recovery or death is attained after an...