Pharmacological hypothermia: a potential for future stroke therapy?

“Mild physical hypothermia after stroke has been associated with positive outcomes.

Pharmacologically induced hypothermia has been explored as a possible treatment option following stroke in animal models.

Currently, there are eight classes of pharmacological agents/agonists with hypothermic effects affecting a multitude of systems including cannabinoid, opioid, transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), neurotensin, thyroxine derivatives, dopamine, gas, and adenosine derivatives.

This review offers the opinion that these agents may be useful in combination therapies with physical hypothermia to achieve faster and more stable temperature control in hypothermia.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27320243

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