Vasospasm
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- ARTICLE: WHAT IS VASOSPASM: Vasospasm is a narrowing of the artery which bring blood to your brain, heart, and other organs.
- Extensive research has shown that the big event that leads to the initiation of vasospasm is the release of oxyhemoglobin (blood breakdown product).
- Editorials Enhanced Contractile Mechanisms in Vasospasm Is Endothelial Dysfunction the Whole Story? Kathryn G.
- The characteristic feature of vasospasm is a continuous elevation of intracellular Ca2+ levels in the cerebral artery, as indicated by the continuous activation of mu-calpain and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) phosphorylation of the myosin light chain.
- Vasospasm is a constriction of the large cerebral arteries of the circle of Willis that develops several days after an intracranial aneurysm ruptures.
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