Blood-brain barrier integrity and glial support: mechanisms that can be targeted for novel therapeutic approaches in stroke

PT Ronaldson, TP Davis - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a critical regulator of brain homeostasis. Additionally, the
BBB is the most significant obstacle to effective CNS drug delivery. It possesses specific …

Implications of post-recanalization perfusion deficit after acute ischemic stroke: a scoping review of clinical and preclinical imaging studies

N van der Knaap, BAA Franx, CBLM Majoie… - Translational Stroke …, 2024 - Springer
The goal of reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is to restore cerebral blood
flow through recanalization of the occluded vessel. Unfortunately, successful recanalization …

Postischemic hyperperfusion on arterial spin labeled perfusion MRI is linked to hemorrhagic transformation in stroke

S Yu, DS Liebeskind, S Dua… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hyperperfusion and
hemorrhagic transformation (HT) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Pseudo-continuous arterial …

Hyperperfusion profiles after recanalization differentially associate with outcomes in a rat ischemic stroke model

BAA Franx, GAF Van Tilborg, A Taha… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Futile recanalization hampers prognoses of ischemic stroke after successful mechanical
thrombectomy, hypothetically through post-recanalization perfusion deficits, onset-to-groin …

Multiparametric, longitudinal optical coherence tomography imaging reveals acute injury and chronic recovery in experimental ischemic stroke

VJ Srinivasan, ET Mandeville, A Can, F Blasi… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Progress in experimental stroke and translational medicine could be accelerated by high-
resolution in vivo imaging of disease progression in the mouse cortex. Here, we introduce …

Transient selective brain cooling confers neurovascular and functional protection from acute to chronic stages of ischemia/reperfusion brain injury

J Zhao, H Mu, L Liu, X Jiang, D Wu… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Ischemic injury can be alleviated by the judicious use of hypothermia. However, the optimal
regimens and the temporal kinetics of post-stroke neurovascular responses to hypothermic …

Magnetic resonance imaging of blood–brain barrier permeability in ischemic stroke using diffusion-weighted arterial spin labeling in rats

YV Tiwari, J Lu, Q Shen, B Cerqueira… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Diffusion-weighted arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging has recently been
proposed to quantify the rate of water exchange (Kw) across the blood–brain barrier in …

Stroke-induced damage on the blood–brain barrier

S Xue, X Zhou, ZH Yang, XK Si, X Sun - Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a functional phenotype exhibited by the neurovascular unit
(NVU). It is maintained and regulated by the interaction between cellular and non-cellular …

Neuroprotective efficacy of methylene blue in ischemic stroke: an MRI study

Q Shen, F Du, S Huang, P Rodriguez, LT Watts… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Methylene blue (MB) has unique energy-enhancing and antioxidant properties and is FDA-
approved drug to treat methemoglobinemia and cyanide poisoning. This study evaluated the …

The effects of methylene blue on autophagy and apoptosis in MRI-defined normal tissue, ischemic penumbra and ischemic core

Z Jiang, LT Watts, S Huang, Q Shen, P Rodriguez… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Methylene blue (MB) USP, which has energy-enhancing and antioxidant properties, is
currently used to treat methemoglobinemia and cyanide poisoning in humans. We recently …