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Title
Ultrasound agents may open the blood-brain barrier in rats and aggravate pathologic consequences of experimental head trauma
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Abstract
Unilateral intracarotid injection of contrast agents may considerably destabilize the blood - brain barrier in rats. This leads to vasogenic edema in the ipsilateral hemisphere. Mortality and extravasation increased significantly when administration of these ultrasound contrast agents was followed by mild traumatic brain injury. Direct administration to the cerebral circulation is, therefore, indicative for edema-related pathology and may amplify the consequences of experimental neurotrauma.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Neuropathology. - Oxford
Publication
Oxford : 2003
ISSN
0919-6544
DOI
10.1046/J.1440-1789.2003.00505.X
Volume/pages
23 :3 (2003) , p. 210-213
ISI
000185191100009
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