Figure 1.
Bar graph of mean + standard error of the mean number of cortical necrotic neurons per microscopic field (1.65 mm2) at seven coronal levels. Data taken from normothermic (clear bars) and posttraumatic hypothermic (black bars) rats. (*, significantly reduced compared to normothermia. Bar graph of mean + standard error of the mean contusion area from normothermic (clear bars) and posttraumatic hypothermia (black bars) rats at 6 coronal levels (*, significantly reduced compared to normothermia). Reprinted from Acta Neuropathologica, Posst-traumatic brain hypothermia reduces histopathological damage following concussive brain injury in the rat, Vol 87, 1994, pages 250-258, Dietrich WD, Alonso O, Busto R, Globus, MY and Ginsberg MD with permission of Springer