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Cerebral Ischemia

Cerebral ischemia is the reduction or interruption of blood flow to the brain, depriving neural tissue of the oxygen and glucose it requires and risking transient dysfunction or permanent injury. It may be focal, as when a vessel is occluded by thrombosis, embolism, or dissection, or global, as after cardiac or resp…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 16× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2470-5020 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Cerebral ischemia is the reduction or interruption of blood flow to the brain, depriving neural tissue of the oxygen and glucose it requires and risking transient dysfunction or permanent injury. It may be focal, as when a vessel is occluded by thrombosis, embolism, or dissection, or global, as after cardiac or respiratory arrest. Because brain tissue is highly sensitive to oxygen deprivation, ischemia is a leading cause of stroke and acquired neurological disability, and its outcome depends on the severity and duration of the perfusion deficit. The articles gathered here relate to these vascular and cerebrovascular themes. Stroke and its subtypes are examined through work on endothelial function across stroke subtypes and on severe ischemic stroke arising from carotid artery dissection. Cerebral perfusion and reversible injury appear in studies of brain hemodynamics and cerebrovascular reactivity in headache and of reversible versus irreversible cerebral changes following cardiorespiratory arrest. Related neurological presentations are addressed in reports of posterior encephalopathy syndrome and cerebral vasculitis. Together these contributions reflect the central concerns of ischemia research: understanding how impaired blood supply injures the brain, distinguishing reversible from irreversible damage, and identifying vascular mechanisms and risk factors. Such knowledge underpins efforts to recognize ischemia early and to limit the neurological harm it causes.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Endothelial Function in Stroke Subtypes Using Endopat Technology

Enrique Jiménez Caballero PedroCorresponding author
Department of Neurology, San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital, Avenida de Pablo Naranjo nº 2, 10003. Cáceres. Spain.
Neurological Research and Therapy Cited by 4 doi:10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-14-558

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 16 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Neurological Research and Therapy (ISSN 2470-5020).

Journal editorial board
Ian J Martins · Australia Giuseppe Lanza · Italy Ion Codreanu · United States

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