Cerebral ischemia and neuroregeneration

Autor: Harlee E. Possoit, Hung Wen Lin, Celeste Y.C. Wu, Michelle H.H. Lee, Alexandre Couto e Silva, Alireza Minagar, Reggie Hui-Chao Lee, Tsung Han Hsieh
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Neural regeneration research. 13(3)
ISSN: 1673-5374
Popis: Cerebral ischemia is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although stroke (a form of cerebral ischemia)-related costs are expected to reach 240.67 billion dollars by 2030, options for treatment against cerebral ischemia/stroke are limited. All therapies except anti-thrombolytics (i.e., tissue plasminogen activator) and hypothermia have failed to reduce neuronal injury, neurological deficits, and mortality rates following cerebral ischemia, which suggests that development of novel therapies against stroke/cerebral ischemia are urgently needed. Here, we discuss the possible mechanism(s) underlying cerebral ischemia-induced brain injury, as well as current and future novel therapies (i.e., growth factors, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, melatonin, resveratrol, protein kinase C isozymes, pifithrin, hypothermia, fatty acids, sympathoplegic drugs, and stem cells) as it relates to cerebral ischemia.
Databáze: OpenAIRE