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Targeting calcium overload could improve stroke outcomes, research suggests – EurekAlert
Excessive calcium contributes to harmful inflammation in ischemic stroke, and targeting it may provide doctors with a new way to improve patient outcomes.
IMAGE: Petr Tvrdik, PhD, has found that immune cells called microglia are flooded with waves of calcium in the wake of ischemic strokes
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Credit: Courtesy Tvrdik lab
Excessive calcium contributes to harmful inflammation in ischemic stroke, and targeting it may provide doctors with a new way to improve patient outcomes, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.
Petr Tvrdik, PhD, has found that immune cells called microglia are flooded with waves of calcium…
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