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- noun medicine A sudden loss of function in a portion of the
brain connected to but at a distance of a damaged area.
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Examples
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Thus if functionless ischemic penumbral tissue can be "" re-activated "" and be made to function again, a corresponding amount of the areas of diaschisis will be returned to normal with normal blood flow and function returning.
WN.com - Articles related to Healthy Diet Could Slow Or Reverse Early Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease 2010
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Brain Injurychronic Stroke Rehabilitation Part 2 www. balancedhealthtoday.com In another PET scan study of 31 patients with infarcts involving the frontal sensorimotor cortex, 23 had persistent diaschisis up to 5 years after onset while the remaining 8 had the diaschisis recover without recovery of oxygen metabolism in the infarcted area (implying that tissue in the ischemic penumbra did recover and this is what allowed for recovery of the diaschisis).
WN.com - Articles related to Healthy Diet Could Slow Or Reverse Early Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease 2010
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Thus if functionless ischemic penumbral tissue can be "" re-activated "" and be made to function again, a corresponding amount of the areas of diaschisis will be returned to normal with normal blood flow and function returning.
WN.com - Articles related to Healthy Diet Could Slow Or Reverse Early Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease 2010
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Injurychronic Stroke Rehabilitation Part 2 www. balancedhealthtoday.com In another PET scan study of 31 patients with infarcts involving the frontal sensorimotor cortex, 23 had persistent diaschisis up to 5 years after onset while the remaining 8 had the diaschisis recover without recovery of oxygen metabolism in the infarcted area (implying that tissue in the ischemic penumbra did recover and this is what allowed for recovery of the diaschisis).
WN.com - Articles related to Healthy Diet Could Slow Or Reverse Early Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease 2010
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Frankly, Ms. Mason, I'm far more concerned about his mental state than I am about the diaschisis, which I firmly believe is temporary. "
Adam's Fall Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1993
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Ms. Mason, I'm far more concerned about his mental state than I am about the diaschisis, which I firmly believe is temporary. "
Adam's Fall Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1988
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