Decreased IGF-1 circulation levels are associated with an increased risk of stroke and a poorer prognosis, but the relationship with cerebral small ... brain barrier disruption (Maiuolo et al., 2018).

A recent study published in the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases identified fibrinogen as a potential ...

(1) on remote ischemic-preconditioning ... in trials of cerebral small vessel disease for progressive-forms of MS may be favored. ReIP could also be conceived as an add-on therapy, with the benefit ...

Atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat), which causes poor blood flow, is another cardiovascular condition that can cause ...

Early dysfunction of the endothelial/blood-brain barrier (BBB) is involved in the pathogenesis of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), which is a contributor to about ...

examined the relationship between brain microbleeds and cognitive impairment. Microbleeds are usually clinically silent, but they are associated with hypertension, ischemic small vessel disease ...

In a chronic ischemic brain, the arterioles and capillaries are vulnerable to rupture and bleeding when perfusion pressure abruptly increases. This process explains the occurrence of CHS in patients ...

Injecting tenecteplase into the artery after clot removal helps improve recovery in stroke survivors, leading to better functional outcomes.

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days ...

CT of the brain revealed ... that numerous ischemic events had occurred insidiously, only three of which were captured by MRI. Since the size of the involved vessels in small-vessel vasculitis ...

Strokes that can affect the corona radiata are called lacunar strokes or "small vessel strokes" because the corona radiata receives blood supply from small branches of the arteries in the brain.

Feb. 10, 2025 — Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its ...