Mild Hypothermia Improves Recovery of Cortical Extracellular Potassium Ion Activity and Excitability After Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in the Rat

Abstract

The data suggest that transient focal ischemia is accompanied by early disturbances of potassium ion homeostasis during reperfusion, which are accompanied by loss of excitability and which may contribute ultimately to cortical infarction.