| Literature DB >> 26661149 |
Tracey A Baskerville1, I Mhairi Macrae2, William M Holmes1, Christopher McCabe1.
Abstract
This is the first study to assess the influence of sex on the evolution of ischaemic injury and penumbra. Permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion was induced in male (n = 9) and female (n = 10) Sprague-Dawley rats. Diffusion-weighted imaging was acquired over 4 h and infarct determined from T2 images at 24 h post-permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion. Penumbra was determined retrospectively from serial apparent diffusion coefficient lesions and T2-defined infarct. Apparent diffusion coefficient lesion volume was significantly smaller in females from 0.5 to 4 h post permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion as was infarct volume. Penumbral volume, and its loss over time, was not significantly different despite the sex difference in acute and final lesion volumes.Entities:
Keywords: Acute stroke; MCAO; diffusion-weighted MRI; gender
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26661149 PMCID: PMC4759665 DOI: 10.1177/0271678X15606137
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cereb Blood Flow Metab ISSN: 0271-678X Impact factor: 6.200