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  2. Cerebral edema - Wikipedia

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    Extracellular brain edema, or vasogenic edema, is caused by an increase in the permeability of the bloodbrain barrier. [18] The bloodbrain barrier consists of astrocytes and pericytes joined with adhesion proteins producing tight junctions. [1] Return of blood flow to these cells after an ischemic stroke can cause excitotoxicity and ...

  3. Osmotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral edema is mainly classified into cytotoxic edema, vasogenic edema and interstitial edema. Cytotoxic edema affects both the white and gray matter and results from the swelling of cellular elements such as neurons, glia and endothelial cells. Vasogenic edema affects white matter and results from blood brain barrier (BBB) breakdown ...

  4. High-altitude cerebral edema - Wikipedia

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    If the swelling is untreated, it causes death by brain herniation. [4] The brain swelling is likely a result of vasogenic edema, the penetration of the bloodbrain barrier by fluids. [16] This process has been observed in MRI studies. Hypoxia increases extracellular fluid, which passes through the vasogenic endothelium in the brain.

  5. Blood–brain barrier - Wikipedia

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    The bloodbrain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective semipermeable border of endothelial cells that regulates the transfer of solutes and chemicals between the circulatory system and the central nervous system, thus protecting the brain from harmful or unwanted substances in the blood. [1]

  6. Hypertensive encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    According to the over-regulation conception, brain vessels spasm in response to acute hypertension, which results in cerebral ischemia and cytotoxic edema. [14] [15] According to the autoregulation breakthrough conception, cerebral arterioles are forced to dilate, leading to vasogenic edema. [12] Cerebral edema can be generalized or focal ...

  7. Microplastics found in the human brain - AOL

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    The particles were also able to cross the blood-brain barrier. Earlier this year, a study was the first to link the presence of microplastics to higher rates of mortality in people who had higher ...

  8. Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities - Wikipedia

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    ARIA-E refers to cerebral edema, involving the breakdown of the tight endothelial junctions of the blood-brain barrier and subsequent accumulation of fluid. [3] In a double-blind trial of the humanised monoclonal antibody solanezumab (n = 2042), sixteen patients (11 taking the drug, 5 taking a placebo), or 0.78% developed ARIA-E.

  9. Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Its deficiency may cause swelling of the intracellular space and local disruption of the blood-brain barrier. Brain tissue is very sensitive to changes in electrolytes and pressure and edema can be cytotoxic. In Wernicke this occurs specifically in the mammillary bodies, medial thalami, tectal plate, and periaqueductal areas.