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ReviewNeuroscience bulletin2009

The mechanisms of brain ischemic insult and potential protective interventions.

Zhao-Hui Guo, Feng Li, Wei-Zhi Wang

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Review in Neuroscience bulletin, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Zhao-Hui GuoDepartment of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
Feng Li
Wei-Zhi Wang

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms of brain ischemic insult include glutamate excitoxicity, calcium toxicity, free radicals, nitric oxide, inflammatory reactions, as well as dysfunctions of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrion. These injury cascades are interconnected in complex ways, thus it is hard to compare their pathogenic importances in ischemia models. And the research in cellular and molecular pathways has spurred the studies in potential neuroprotections mainly in pharmacological fields, such as anti-excitotoxic treatment, calcium-channel antagonism, approaches for inhibition of oxidation, inflammation and apoptosis, etc. Besides, other protective interventions including thrombolysis, arteriogenesis, regeneration therapy, and ischemia preconditioning or postconditioning, are also under investigations. Despite the present difficulties, we are quite optimistic towards future clinical applications of neuroprotective agents, by optimizing experimental approaches and clinical trials.

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AnimalsBrain IschemiaHumansModels, BiologicalNeuroprotective AgentsSignal TransductionNeuroprotective Agents

Identifiers

PMID19448688
PMCPMC5552559

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