BACKGROUND: Both hypoxia and carbon dioxide retention can damage phrenic nerve and muscle conduction, as well as diaphragm function. Diaphragm compound muscle a
BACKGROUND: Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is abundant in astrocytes, ependymal cells, and the choroid plexus, and is associated with cerebrospinal fluid formation and osmo
BACKGROUND: Progenitors of the immortalized human glioma cell line, SHG-44, are significantly less sensitive to irradiation. Two hypotheses regarding the mechan
BACKGROUND: The pathological mechanism of secondary brain lesion following an embolism remains unclear. The establishment of an animal model that imitates the c
BACKGROUND: Cerebrovascular intervention is a medical strategy to diagnose and treat cerebrovascular disease by intravascular intervention techniques. With the