“…Neuronal damage after transient focal ischemic insult can be detectable not only by changes in CBF, CMRO 2 , and CMRglc, but also by changes in neurotransmitter systems in the CNS (Araki et al, 1996(Araki et al, , 1997Globus et al, 1988;Kanai et al, 1993;Kruger et al, 1999;Nagasawa et al, 1992a;Nakata et al, 1997;Prehn et al, 1991Prehn et al, , 1993Semkova et al, 1998;Sette et al, 1993;Shibata et al, 1992;Slivka et al, 1988;Vera et al, 1996;Zhao et al, 2001). Neurons are anatomically and functionally integrated as a network directly (Hattori et al, 1976) or indirectly (Bunney and Aghajanian, 1976) through multisynaptic connections.…”