Astrocyte activation in neurovascular damage and repair following ischaemic stroke

A Patabendige, A Singh, S Jenkins, J Sen… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transient or permanent loss of tissue perfusion due to ischaemic stroke can lead to damage
to the neurovasculature, and disrupt brain homeostasis, causing long-term motor and …

Smooth muscle ion channels and regulation of vascular tone in resistance arteries and arterioles

NR Tykocki, EM Boerman… - Comprehensive …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vascular tone of resistance arteries and arterioles determines peripheral vascular
resistance, contributing to the regulation of blood pressure and blood flow to, and within the …

The need for new approaches in CNS drug discovery: Why drugs have failed, and what can be done to improve outcomes

VK Gribkoff, LK Kaczmarek - Neuropharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
An important goal of biomedical research is to translate basic research findings into useful
medical advances. In the field of neuropharmacology this requires understanding disease …

Mechanisms, challenges and opportunities in stroke

EH Lo, T Dalkara, MA Moskowitz - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2003 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, research has heavily emphasized basic mechanisms that
irreversibly damage brain cells after stroke. Much attention has focused on what makes …

Neuroprotection for ischemic stroke: past, present and future

MD Ginsberg - Neuropharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
Neuroprotection for ischemic stroke refers to strategies, applied singly or in combination, that
antagonize the injurious biochemical and molecular events that eventuate in irreversible …

Synthesis of C3‐fluorinated oxindoles through reagent‐free cross‐dehydrogenative coupling

ZJ Wu, HC Xu - Angewandte Chemie, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Reported herein is an unprecedented synthesis of C3‐fluorinated oxindoles through cross‐
dehydrogenative coupling of C (sp3)‐H and C (sp2)‐H bonds from malonate amides. Under …

Photoinduced Promiscuity of Cyclohexanone Monooxygenase for the Enantioselective Synthesis of α‐Fluoroketones

Y Peng, Z Wang, Y Chen, W Xu, Y Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of mild, efficient, and enantioselective methods for preparing chiral
fluorinated compounds has been a long‐standing challenge. Herein, we report a …

Local potassium signaling couples neuronal activity to vasodilation in the brain

JA Filosa, AD Bonev, SV Straub, AL Meredith… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
The mechanisms by which active neurons, via astrocytes, rapidly signal intracerebral
arterioles to dilate remain obscure. Here we show that modest elevation of extracellular …

BK Channelopathies and KCNMA1-Linked Disease Models

AL Meredith - Annual Review of Physiology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Novel KCNMA1 variants, encoding the BK K+ channel, are associated with a debilitating
dyskinesia and epilepsy syndrome. Neurodevelopmental delay, cognitive disability, and …

Neuroprotection for ischemic stroke: two decades of success and failure

YD Cheng, L Al-Khoury, JA Zivin - NeuroRx, 2004 - Springer
Alteplase (rt-PA) is the first therapy successfully developed for acute stroke therapy. The
success of rt-PA spurred development of new avenues for acute stroke management. For the …