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- Title
Expanded ischemic lesion due to herniation leads to axonal injury in a site remote to the primary lesion on autopsy brain with acute focal cerebral ischemia.
- Authors
Seki, Erika; Komori, Takashi; Arai, Nobutaka
- Abstract
Cerebral ischemia may lead to axonal injury not only at the site of the primary lesion but also in a region remote to the site of insult. In this study, we investigated the effect of herniation on the development of axonal injury at a site remote to the primary lesion during the acute phase of cerebral ischemia. We obtained postmortem brains of 13 cases with acute phase of unilateral cerebral infarction in the territory of the internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery and seven controls. We classified the brain tissues into herniation and non‐herniation groups. Then we examined whether axonal and ischemic changes existed in the corpus callosum contralateral to the ischemic hemisphere and the upper pons. In the herniation group, we detected white‐matter lesions by Klüver‐Barrera staining, microglial loss by immunohistochemistry for ionized calcium‐binding adaptor molecule 1, and axonal injury by immunohistochemistry for amyloid precursor protein. However, none of the aforementioned findings were observed in the non‐herniation group. These findings suggest the existence of regional overlap in axonal and ischemic pathologies in remote regions in the presence of herniation. We concluded that herniation may play a significant role in the development of axonal and ischemic changes in the remote region. Our results suggest that axonal injury in a remote region may result from expanded ischemic lesions due to herniation.
- Subjects
CEREBRAL ischemia; HERNIA; AMYLOID beta-protein precursor; INTERNAL carotid artery; BRAIN damage; AUTOPSY
- Publication
Neuropathology, 2023, Vol 43, Issue 5, p373
- ISSN
0919-6544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/neup.12900