Trends in Neurosciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
47(4), P. 303 - 318
Published: Feb. 23, 2024
Stroke
is
a
leading
cause
of
adult
disability.
Understanding
stroke
damage
and
recovery
requires
deciphering
changes
in
complex
brain
networks
across
different
spatiotemporal
scales.
While
recent
developments
readout
technologies
progress
network
modeling
have
revolutionized
current
understanding
the
effects
on
at
macroscale,
reorganization
smaller
scale
remains
incompletely
understood.
In
this
review,
we
use
conceptual
framework
graph
theory
to
define
from
nano-
macroscales.
Highlighting
stroke-related
connectivity
studies
multiple
scales,
argue
that
multiscale
connectomics-based
approaches
may
provide
new
routes
better
evaluate
structural
functional
remapping
after
during
recovery.
Progress in Neurobiology,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
163-164, P. 5 - 26
Published: Feb. 21, 2018
Stroke
represents
a
severe
medical
condition
that
causes
stroke
survivors
to
suffer
from
long-term
and
even
lifelong
disability.
Over
the
past
several
decades,
vast
majority
of
research
targets
neuroprotection
in
acute
phase,
while
little
work
has
been
done
enhance
recovery
at
later
stage.
Through
reviewing
current
understanding
brain
plasticity,
pathology,
emerging
preclinical
clinical
restorative
approaches,
this
review
aims
provide
new
insights
advance
field
for
recovery.
Lifelong
plasticity
offers
long-lasting
possibility
repair
stroke-damaged
brain.
impairs
structural
functional
integrity
entire
networks;
approaches
containing
multi-components
have
great
potential
maximize
by
rebuilding
normalizing
stroke-disrupted
networks
functioning.
The
window
is
much
longer
than
previously
thought.
optimal
time
appears
be
stage
rather
earlier
It
expected
these
will
our
assist
developing
next
generation
enhancing
after
stroke.
Journal of Stroke,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
20(1), P. 57 - 70
Published: Jan. 31, 2018
Stroke
remains
a
major
cause
of
human
disability
worldwide.
In
parallel
with
advances
in
acute
stroke
interventions,
new
therapies
are
under
development
that
target
restorative
processes.
Such
have
treatment
time
window
measured
days,
weeks,
or
longer
and
so
the
advantage
they
may
be
accessible
by
majority
patients.
Several
categories
therapy
been
studied
reviewed
herein,
including
drugs,
growth
factors,
monoclonal
antibodies,
activity-related
telerehabilitation,
host
devices
such
as
those
related
to
brain
stimulation
robotics.
Many
patients
do
not
receive
them
derive
benefit,
often
surviving
for
years
thereafter.
Therapies
based
on
neural
repair
hold
promise
providing
additional
options
stroke.
Keywords:
Stroke;
Neuronal
plasticity;
rehabilitation;
Recovery
function;
Telerehabilitation
Expert Review of Medical Devices,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
17(10), P. 1035 - 1061
Published: Sept. 23, 2020
Neurological
diseases
frequently
cause
adult-onset
disability
and
have
increased
the
demand
for
rehabilitative
interventions.
Neurorehabilitation
has
been
progressively
relying
on
computer-assisted
programs
and,
more
recently,
virtual
reality
(VR).
Current
reviews
explore
VR-based
neurorehabilitation
assessing
treating
most
common
neurological
pathologies.
However,
none
of
them
explored
specifically
impact
VR
multiple
cognitive
domains.The
present
work
is
a
review
6
years
literature
(2015-2020)
in
with
purpose
analyzing
its
effects
memory,
attention,
executive
functions,
language,
visuospatial
ability.Our
suggests
that
showed
encouraging
results
functions
abilities
particularly
both
acute
neurodegenerative
conditions.
Conversely,
attention
outcomes
are
conflicting,
language
did
not
show
significant
improvements
following
rehabilitation.
Within
five
years,
it
plausible
intervention
would
be
provided
standalone
mobile-based
platforms
won't
need
PC
to
work,
reduced
latency
improved
user
interaction.
IUBMB Life,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
73(7), P. 900 - 915
Published: May 25, 2021
Toll-like
receptors
(TLRs)
or
pattern
recognition
respond
to
pathogen-associated
molecular
patterns
(PAMPs)
internal
damage-associated
(DAMPs).
TLRs
are
integral
membrane
proteins
with
both
extracellular
leucine-rich
and
cytoplasmic
domains
that
initiate
downstream
signaling
through
kinases
by
activating
transcription
factors
like
AP-1
NF-κB,
which
lead
the
release
of
various
inflammatory
cytokines
immune
modulators.
In
central
nervous
system,
different
expressed
mainly
in
microglia
astroglial
cells,
although
some
also
oligodendroglia
neurons.
Activation
triggers
cascades
host
as
a
defense
mechanism
against
invaders
repair
damaged
tissue.
However,
overactivation
disrupts
sustained
homeostasis-induced
production
pro-inflammatory
molecules,
such
cytokines,
miRNAs,
components
vesicles.
These
mediators
can,
turn,
induce
neuroinflammation,
neural
tissue
damage
associated
many
neurodegenerative
diseases.
This
review
discusses
critical
role
response
Alzheimer's
disease,
Parkinson's
ischemic
stroke,
amyotrophic
lateral
sclerosis,
alcohol-induced
brain
neurodegeneration.
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
15
Published: July 26, 2021
Astrocytes
are
essential
for
the
development
and
homeostatic
maintenance
of
central
nervous
system
(CNS).
They
also
critical
players
in
CNS
injury
response
during
which
they
undergo
a
process
referred
to
as
"reactive
astrogliosis."
Diversity
astrocyte
morphology
gene
expression,
revealed
by
transcriptional
analysis,
is
well-recognized
has
been
reported
several
pathologies,
including
ischemic
stroke,
demyelination,
traumatic
injury.
This
diversity
appears
unique
specific
pathology,
with
significant
variance
across
temporal,
topographical,
age,
sex-specific
variables.
Despite
this,
there
limited
functional
data
corroborating
this
diversity.
Furthermore,
reactive
astrocytes
display
environmental-dependent
plasticity
fate-mapping
on
subsets
adult
limited,
it
remains
unclear
whether
represents
heterogeneity
or
plasticity.
As
important
neuronal
survival
function
post-injury,
establishing
what
extent
reflects
distinct
established
heterogeneous
subpopulations
vs.
environmentally
dependent
within
will
be
guiding
therapeutic
development.
To
that
end,
we
review
current
state
knowledge
context
three
representative
pathologies:
injury,
goal
identifying
key
limitations
our
suggesting
future
areas
research
needed
address
them.
We
suggest
majority
identified
pathologies
date
dynamically
changing
post-injury
environments
opposed
heterogeneity,
an
consideration
understanding
disease
pathogenesis
interventions.
Neural Plasticity,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
2021, P. 1 - 14
Published: Aug. 19, 2021
Acupuncture
is
widely
recognized
as
a
potentially
effective
treatment
for
stroke
rehabilitation.
Researchers
in
this
area
are
actively
investigating
its
therapeutic
mechanisms.
Magnetic
resonance
imaging
(MRI),
noninvasive,
high
anatomical
resolution
technique,
has
been
employed
to
investigate
neuroplasticity
on
acupuncture
patients
from
system
level.
However,
there
no
review
the
mechanism
of
based
MRI.
Therefore,
we
aim
summarize
current
evidence
about
aspect
and
provide
useful
information
future
research.
After
searching
PubMed,
Web
Science,
Embase
databases,
24
human
five
animal
studies
were
identified.
This
focuses
possible
mechanisms
underlying
therapy
treating
by
regulating
brain
plasticity.
We
found
that
reorganizes
not
only
motor-related
network,
including
primary
motor
cortex
(M1),
premotor
cortex,
supplementary
(SMA),
frontoparietal
network
(LFPN
RFPN),
sensorimotor
(SMN),
well
default
mode
(aDMN
pDMN),
but
also
language-related
areas
inferior
frontal
gyrus
frontal,
temporal,
parietal,
occipital
lobes,
cognition-related
regions.
In
addition,
can
modulate
function
structural
plasticity
post-stroke,
which
may
be
linked
effect
acupuncture.