Brain Edema XIII

Human Brain Injury.- Surgical management of early massive edema caused by cerebral contusion in head trauma patients.- BrainIT: a trans-national head injury monitoring research network.- Decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury: outcome following protocol-driven therapy.- Decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury: the randomized multicenter RESCUEicp study (www.RESCUEicp.com).- Cerebral hemisphere asymmetry in cerebrovascular regulation in ventilated traumatic brain injury.- Traumatic brain edema in diffuse and focal injury: cellular or vasogenic?.- CT prediction of contusion evolution after closed head injury: the role of pericontusional edema.- Organ dysfunction assessment score for severe head injury patients during brain hypothermia.- Importance of cerebral perfusion pressure management using cerebrospinal drainage in severe traumatic brain injury.- Acute hemispheric swelling associated with thin subdural hematomas: pathophysiology of repetitive head injury in sports.- Rewarming following accidental hypothermia in patients with acute subdural hematoma: case report.- Clinical characteristics of postoperative contralateral intracranial hematoma after traumatic brain injury.- Human Intracranial Hemorrhage.- Diagnostic impact of the spectrum of ischemic cerebral blood flow thresholds in sedated subarachnoid hemorrhage patients.- Pharmacological brain cooling with indomethacin in acute hemorrhagic stroke: antiinflammatory cytokines and antioxidative effects.- The significance of crossovers after randomization in the STICH trial.- Intraventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: results from the STICH trial.- Changes in coagulative and fibrinolytic activities in patients with intracranial hemorrhage.- The effect of hematoma removal for reducing the development of brain edema in cases of putaminal hemorrhage.- Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in humans: hematoma enlargement, clot lysis, and brain edema.- Evaluation of acute perihematomal regional apparent diffusion coefficient abnormalities by diffusion-weighted imaging.- Reperfusion of low attenuation areas complicating subarachnoid hemorrhage.- Human Cerebral Ischemia.- Stroke in the young: relationship of active cocaine use with stroke mechanism and outcome.- Brain oxygen metabolism may relate to the temperature gradient between the jugular vein and pulmonary artery after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.- Imaging/Monitoring.- Intracranial pressure monitoring: modeling cerebrovascular pressure transmission.- Use of ICM+ software for on-line analysis of intracranial and arterial pressures in head-injured patients.- Monitoring and interpretation of intracranial pressure after head injury.- Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury.- The temporal profile of edema formation differs between male and female rats following diffuse traumatic brain injury.- The effect of intravenous fluid replacement on the response to mannitol in experimental cerebral edema: an analysis of intracranial pressure, serum osmolality, serum electrolytes, and brain water content.- Matrix metalloproteinase-9 is associated with blood-brain barrier opening and brain edema formation after cortical contusion in rats.- Delayed precursor cell marker response in hippocampus following cold injury-induced brain edema.- Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor does not affect contusion size, brain edema or cerebrospinal fluid glutamate concentrations in rats following controlled cortical impact.- Unilateral spatial neglect and memory deficit associated with abnormal ?-amyloid precursor protein accumulation after lateral fluid percussion injury in Mongolian gerbils.- Alteration of gap junction proteins (connexins) following lateral fluid percussion injury in rats.- Zinc protoporphyrin IX attenuates closed head injury-induced edema formation, blood-brain barrier disruption, and serotonin levels in the rat.- A novel neuroprotective compound FR901459 with dual inhibition of calcineurin and cyclophilins.- Search for novel gene markers of traumatic brain injury by time differential microarray analysis.- Diffusion tensor feature in vasogenic brain edema in cats.- Bolus tracer delivery measured by MRI confirms edema without blood-brain barrier permeability in diffuse traumatic brain injury.- Experimental Intracranial Hemorrhage.- Delayed profound local brain hypothermia markedly reduces interleukin-1? gene expression and vasogenic edema development in a porcine model of intracerebral hemorrhage.- Alterations in intracerebral hemorrhage-induced brain injury in the iron deficient rat.- Neuroprotective effect of hyperbaric oxygen in a rat model of subarachnoid hemorrhage.- Iron-induced oxidative brain injury after experimental intracerebral hemorrhage.- Deferoxamine reduces CSF free iron levels following intracerebral hemorrhage.- Up-regulation of brain ceruloplasmin in thrombin preconditioning.- Hydrocephalus in a rat model of intraventricular hemorrhage.- Early hemostatic therapy using recombinant factor VIIa in a collagenase-induced intracerebral hemorrhage model in rats.- Effects of endogenous and exogenous estrogen on intracerebral hemorrhage-induced brain damage in rats.- Dopamine changes in a rat model of intracerebral hemorrhage.- Intracerebral hemorrhage in complement C3-deficient mice.- Systemic zinc protoporphyrin administration reduces intracerebral hemorrhage-induced brain injury.- Experimental Cerebral Ischemia.- Restitution of ischemic injuries in penumbra of cerebral cortex after temporary ischemia.- Inhibition of Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 1 attenuates mitochondrial cytochrome C release in cortical neurons following in vitro ischemia.- Controlled normothermia during ischemia is important for the induction of neuronal cell death after global ischemia in mouse.- Ex vivo measurement of brain tissue viscoelasticity in postischemic brain edema.- Effect of dimethyl sulfoxide on blood-brain barrier integrity following middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat.- Increased substance P immunoreactivity and edema formation following reversible ischemic stroke.- Micro-blood-brain barrier openings and cytotoxic fragments of amyloid precursor protein accumulation in white matter after ischemic brain injury in long-lived rats.- Time profile of eosinophilic neurons in the cortical layers and cortical atrophy.- Forebrain ischemia and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier.- Neurological dysfunctions versus apparent diffusion coefficient and T2 abnormality after transient focal cerebral ischemia in Mongolian gerbils.- Progressive expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiogenesis after chronic ischemic hypoperfusion in rat.- Intracerebral administration of neuronal nitric oxide synthase antiserum attenuates traumatic brain injury-induced blood-brain barrier permeability, brain edema formation, and sensory motor disturbances in the rat.- Effects of 2,4-dinitrophenol on ischemia-induced blood-brain barrier disruption.- Long-term cognitive and neuropsychological symptoms after global cerebral ischemia in Mongolian gerbils.- Protective effect of the V1a receptor antagonist SR49059 on brain edema formation following middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat.- Experimental Spinal Cord Injury.- Topical application of dynorphin A (1-17) antibodies attenuates neuronal nitric oxide synthase up-regulation, edema formation, and cell injury following focal trauma to the rat spinal cord.- Histamine receptors influence blood-spinal cord barrier permeability, edema formation, and spinal cord blood flow following trauma to the rat spinal cord.- Post-injury treatment with a new antioxidant compound H-290/51 attenuates spinal cord trauma-induced c-fos expression, motor dysfunction, edema formation, and cell injury in the rat.- Post-traumatic application of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glia-derived neurotrophic factor on the rat spinal cord enhances neuroprotection and improves motor function.- Chronic spinal nerve ligation induces microvascular permeability disturbances, astrocytic reaction, and structural changes in the rat spinal cord.- Hydrocephalus.- Gravitational valves: relevant differences with different technical solutions to counteract hydrostatic pressure.- Brain tissue water content in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.- Predictors of outcome in patients with normal-pressure hydrocephalus.- On the optimal opening pressure of hydrostatic valves in cases of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus: a prospective randomized study with 123 patients.- Outcome predictors for normal-pressure hydrocephalus.- First clinical experiences in patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus with the adjustable gravity valve manufactured by Aesculap (proGAVAesculap®).- Decompressive craniectomy for severe head injury in patients with major extracranial injuries.- Clinical outcome of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus three years after shunt implantation.- Is it possible to optimize treatment of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus by implanting an adjustable Medos Hakim valve in combination with a Miethke shunt assistant?.- Aquaporins.- Increased seizure duration in mice lacking aquaporin-4 water channels.- Modulation of AQP4 expression by the protein kinase C activator, phorbol myristate acetate, decreases ischemia-induced brain edema.- Astrocytes co-express aquaporin-1, -4, and vascular endothelial growth factor in brain edema tissue associated with brain contusion.- Magnesium restores altered aquaporin-4 immunoreactivity following traumatic brain injury to a pre-injury state.- Neuroprotection and Neurotoxicity.- Positive selective brain cooling method: a novel, simple, and selective nasopharyngeal brain cooling method.- Mechanism of neuroprotective effect induced by QingKaiLing as an adjuvant drug in rabbits with E. coli bacterial meningitis.- Acceleration of chemokine production from endothelial cells in response to lipopolysaccharide in hyperglycemic condition.- Photodynamic therapy increases brain edema and intracranial pressure in a rabbit brain tumor model.- Whole-body hyperthermia in the rat disrupts the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier and induces brain edema.- ICP, CSF, and the Cerebrovasculature.- Dynamics of cerebral venous and intracranial pressures.- Effects of angiopoietin-1 on vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis in the mouse brain.- Inflammation and brain edema: new insights into the role of chemokines and their receptors.- Atrial natriuretic peptide: its putative role in modulating the choroid plexus-CSF system for intracranial pressure regulation.