The structural damage to vascular endothelial cell In a recent article in the journal Brain Injury, four potential hypotheses for delayed neurological disorders following lightning and electrical injury were suggested...The structural damage to vascular endothelial cell In a recent article in the journal Brain Injury, four potential hypotheses for delayed neurological disorders following lightning and electrical injury were suggested (Reisner, 2013). The phenomenon of delayed neurodegenerative syndromes following lighting and electrical injury has been known since the early 1930s (Critchley, 1934), but to the present day, the mechanisms involved have been poorly un- derstood. An initial and still plausible theory is that the electrical insult causes damage to the vascular structures feeding the spinal cord via damage to vascular endothelial cells (Farrell and Starr, 1968).展开更多
文摘The structural damage to vascular endothelial cell In a recent article in the journal Brain Injury, four potential hypotheses for delayed neurological disorders following lightning and electrical injury were suggested (Reisner, 2013). The phenomenon of delayed neurodegenerative syndromes following lighting and electrical injury has been known since the early 1930s (Critchley, 1934), but to the present day, the mechanisms involved have been poorly un- derstood. An initial and still plausible theory is that the electrical insult causes damage to the vascular structures feeding the spinal cord via damage to vascular endothelial cells (Farrell and Starr, 1968).