A Concerted Appeal for International Cooperation in Preclinical Stroke Research
StrokePublished 19 April 2013Open access
Ulrich Dirnagl, Antoine M. Hakim, Malcolm Macleod, Marc Fisher, David W. Howells, Stuart M. Alan
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Great progress has been made in the understanding of stroke pathophysiology, and research during the past few decades has suggested numerous targets for therapeutic intervention to restore perfusion, block mechanisms of damage, or induce endogenous mechanisms of protection.
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