Spinal Cord Hypothermia by Localized Perfusion Cooling

A NEW technique has been developed which will rapidly and selectively cool the mammalian spinal cord while the temperature of the body core remains near normothermic levels. This becomes specially relevant in the light of the utilization of profound hypothermic levels 1 and isolated cerebral perfusi...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1966-06, Vol.210 (5040), p.1059-1060
Main Authors: ALBIN, MAURICE S, WHITE, ROBERT J, LOCKE, GEORGE E, KRETCHMER, HENRY E
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Dogs
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hypothermia, Induced
letter
multidisciplinary
Perfusion
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Spinal Cord - physiology
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Summary:A NEW technique has been developed which will rapidly and selectively cool the mammalian spinal cord while the temperature of the body core remains near normothermic levels. This becomes specially relevant in the light of the utilization of profound hypothermic levels 1 and isolated cerebral perfusion techniques in neurovascular surgery 2,3 . With this method both acute and chronic preparations can be used to investigate the neurophysiological and cardiovascular events associated with spinal cord cooling as well as to evaluate the efficacy of hypothermia in clinical situations associated with spinal cord trauma and disease.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/2101059a0