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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. 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.

  7. Neurotoxin - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the nervous system has a number of mechanisms designed to protect it from internal and external assaults, including the blood brain barrier. The bloodbrain barrier (BBB) is one critical example of protection which prevents toxins and other adverse compounds from reaching the brain. [22] As the brain requires nutrient entry and ...

  8. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis - Wikipedia

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    The thrombosis of the veins themselves causes venous infarction (damage to brain tissue due to a congested and therefore insufficient blood supply). This results in cerebral edema (both vasogenic and cytotoxic edema), and leads to small petechial haemorrhages that may merge into large haematomas. Thrombosis of the sinuses is the main mechanism ...

  9. Cytotoxicity - Wikipedia

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    Treating cells with the cytotoxic compound can result in a variety of prognoses. The cells may undergo necrosis , in which they lose membrane integrity and die rapidly as a result of cell lysis . The cells can stop actively growing and dividing (a decrease in cell viability), or the cells can activate a genetic program of controlled cell death ...