Ischemic Brain Injury: Cerebral Metabolism and Imaging
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neuropharmacology and Neuropathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 November 2023) | Viewed by 25120
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ischemic brain injury, which is mainly attributed to a decrease in cerebral blood flow (CBF) into the brain, is dominantly known as acute ischemic stroke and also exists in other CNS diseases, such as small vessel disease, Alzheimer's disease and trauma. Energy supplement and cellular metabolism are under crisis after CBF depression, which contributes to changes such as cell necrocytosis, apoptosis, oxidative stress, inflammation, and glial scar formation.
Imaging techniques are valuable and necessary for monitoring these changes. These include laser Doppler blood flow monitoring, two-photo confocal imaging, color ultrasound imaging, laser speckle contrast imaging (LSI), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), imaging mass spectrometry (IMS), etc. Helped by the imaging, it is possible to measure ischemic changes such as CBF, microvasculature, and tissue/cellular metabolism in vitro and vivo.
This Special Issue is committed to publishing high-quality, independently peer-reviewed research. It stands at the interface between basic and clinical neurovascular research, and features relevant research highlighting cerebral vascular regulation, metabolism, and imaging after ischemic injuries that exist in associated CNS disorders. These publications are aimed at advancing the discovery of mechanisms, identifying new diagnostic imaging biomarkers, and finding potential therapeutic targets.
Dr. Wensheng Qu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ischemic brain injury
- vascular regulation
- cerebral metabolism
- imaging techniques
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