Dr Damian Mcleod
Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
Newcastle University
Australia
Biography
"Research Expertise - Stroke / cerebral ischaemia - Imaging the ischaemic penumbra using perfusion computed tomography (CTP) - Improving outcome and safety for thrombolysis in stroke - Mechanisms of hypothermic neuroprotection following ischaemic stroke - Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on intracranial pressure following stroke - Proteomic changes following stroke and therapeutic hypothermia - Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology - Neural control of the bronchial circulation during exercise - Exercise-induced asthma"
Research Interest
Clinical Sciences
Publications
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McLeod DD, Parsons MW, Hood R, Hiles B, Allen J, McCann SK, Murtha L, Calford MB, Levi CR, Spratt NJ. Perfusion computed tomography thresholds defining ischemic penumbra and infarct core: studies in a rat stroke model. International Journal of Stroke. 2015 Jun 1;10(4):553-9.
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McLeod DD, Beard DJ, Parsons MW, Levi CR, Calford MB, Spratt NJ. Inadvertent occlusion of the anterior choroidal artery explains infarct variability in the middle cerebral artery thread occlusion stroke model. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 17;8(9):e75779.
