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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2023

The role of neurophysiological tools in the evaluation of ischemic stroke evolution: a narrative review.

Francesco Motolese, Jacopo Lanzone, Antonio Todisco, Mariagrazia Rossi, Francesca Santoro, Alessandro Cruciani, Fioravante Capone, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Fabio Pilato

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Francesco MotoleseDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Jacopo LanzoneIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Neurorehabilitation Unit of Milan Institute, Milan, Italy.
Antonio TodiscoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Mariagrazia RossiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Francesca SantoroDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro CrucianiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Fioravante CaponeDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo Di LazzaroDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Fabio PilatoDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psichiatry, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ischemic stroke is characterized by a complex cascade of events starting from vessel occlusion. The term "penumbra" denotes the area of severely hypo-perfused brain tissue surrounding the ischemic core that can be potentially recovered if blood flow is reestablished. From the neurophysiological perspective, there are local alterations-reflecting the loss of function of the core and the penumbra-and widespread changes in neural networks functioning, since structural and functional connectivity is disrupted. These dynamic changes are closely related to blood flow in the affected area. However, the pathological process of stroke does not end after the acute phase, but it determines a long-term cascade of events, including changes of cortical excitability, that are quite precocious and might precede clinical evolution. Neurophysiological tools-such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) or Electroencephalography (EEG)-have enough time resolution to efficiently reflect the pathological changes occurring after stroke. Even if they do not have a role in acute stroke management, EEG and TMS might be helpful for monitoring ischemia evolution-also in the sub-acute and chronic stages. The present review aims to describe the changes occurring in the infarcted area after stroke from the neurophysiological perspective, starting from the acute to the chronic phase.

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collateral circulationEEGneurophysiologypenumbrastrokeTMS

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PMID37181549
PMCPMC10172480

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