Drew KL, Rice ME, Kuhn TB, Smith MA. Neuroprotective adaptations in hibernation: therapeutic implications for ischemia-reperfusion, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases.
Free Radic Biol Med 2001;
31:563-73. [PMID:
11522441 DOI:
10.1016/s0891-5849(01)00628-1]
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Abstract
Brains of hibernating mammals are protected against a variety of insults that are detrimental to humans and other nonhibernating species. Such protection is associated with a number of physiological adaptations including hypothermia, increased antioxidant defense, metabolic arrest, leukocytopenia, immunosuppression, and hypocoagulation. It is intriguing that similar manipulations provide considerable protection as experimental treatments for central nervous system injury. This review focuses on neuroprotective mechanisms employed during hibernation that may offer novel approaches in the treatment of stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative diseases in humans.
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