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15335101

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
Histopathologic and NMR imaging studies show that focally ischemic brain lesions tend to increase in size over time. In animal models of stroke as well as in patients presenting with hemispheric stroke, considerable lesion growth was observed. In focal cerebral ischemia, lesions predominantly enlarge early (<12 hrs postinsult) and show complete ischemic injury due to pan necrosis in the vast majority of affected tissue. In global cerebral ischemia--a condition that is present after cardiac arrest--lesions appear late (>12 hrs) in selectively vulnerable brain regions and neurons are damaged by apoptosis. The short resuscitation time of the brain explains why periods of global ischemia result in widespread and global loss of energy metabolites combined with diffuse brain edema and global damage. Mechanisms involved in lesion growth include excitotoxicity, peri-infarct depolarizations, lactacidosis, microcirculatory disturbances, and flow-metabolism uncoupling among others. Problems involved in the subject under focus are related to maturation phenomena of injury and the different imaging modalities (metabolic imaging, NMR imaging, positron emission tomography) that require a subtly differentiated interpretation of the alterations observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0065-1419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The natural course of lesion development in brain ischemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany. back@staff.uni-marburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't