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.
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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.
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Neuropathology is an international journal sponsored by the Japanese Society of Neuropathology and publishes peer-reviewed original papers dealing with all aspects of human and experimental neuropathology and related fields of research. The Journal aims to promote the international exchange of results and encourages authors from all countries to submit papers in the following categories: Original Articles, Case Reports, Short Communications, Occasional Reviews, Editorials and Letters to the Editor. All articles are peer-reviewed by at least two researchers expert in the field of the submitted paper.