Hypoxia, Brain
A reduction in brain oxygen supply due to ANOXEMIA (a reduced amount of oxygen being carried in the blood by HEMOGLOBIN), or to a restriction of the blood supply to the brain, or both. Severe hypoxia is referred to as anoxia and is a relatively common cause of injury to the central nervous system. Prolonged brain anoxia may lead to BRAIN DEATH or a PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE. Histologically, this condition is characterized by neuronal loss which is most prominent in the HIPPOCAMPUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; CEREBELLUM; and inferior olives.
Year introduced: 2000(1963)
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Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.624, C23.888.852.079.797
MeSH Unique ID: D002534
Entry Terms:
- Brain Hypoxia
- Cerebral Hypoxia
- Hypoxia, Cerebral
- Anoxia, Brain
- Cerebral Anoxia
- Brain Anoxia
- Anoxia, Cerebral
- Anoxic Brain Damage
- Brain Damage, Anoxic
- Damage, Anoxic Brain
- Anoxic Encephalopathy
- Anoxic Encephalopathies
- Encephalopathies, Anoxic
- Encephalopathy, Anoxic
- Hypoxic Brain Damage
- Brain Damage, Hypoxic
- Damage, Hypoxic Brain
- Encephalopathy, Hypoxic
- Encephalopathies, Hypoxic
- Hypoxic Encephalopathies
- Hypoxic Encephalopathy