A multi-laboratory preclinical trial in rodents to assess treatment candidates for acute ischemic stroke
Lyden P, Diniz M, Bosetti F, Lamb J, Nagarkatti K, Rogatko A, Kim S, Cabeen R, Koenig J, Akhter K, Arbab A, Avery B, Beatty H, Bibic A, Cao S, Simoes Braga Boisserand L, Chamorro A, Chauhan A, Diaz-Perez S, Dhandapani K, Dhanesha N, Goh A, Herman A, Hyder F, Imai T, Johnson C, Khan M, Kamat P, Karuppagounder S, Kumskova M, Mihailovic J, Mandeville J, Morais A, Patel R, Sanganahalli B, Smith C, Shi Y, Sutariya B, Thedens D, Qin T, Velazquez S, Aronowski J, Ayata C, Chauhan A, Leira E, Hess D, Koehler R, McCullough L, Sansing L. A multi-laboratory preclinical trial in rodents to assess treatment candidates for acute ischemic stroke. Science Translational Medicine 2023, 15: eadg8656. PMID: 37729432, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg8656.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreclinical assessmentFocal cerebral ischemic insultAcute ischemic strokeCerebral ischemic insultLarge clinical trialsDiet-induced obesityNew clinical interventionsIntravascular thrombectomyIschemic strokeStroke treatmentHypertensive ratsIschemic insultBlinded assessmentClinical trialsYoung miceTreatment candidatesExclusion criteriaAnimal modelsYoung ratsFutile interventionsPreclinical trialsClinical interventionsFutility boundariesMiceDisease areasDecreased but diverse activity of cortical and thalamic neurons in consciousness-impairing rodent absence seizures
McCafferty C, Gruenbaum B, Tung R, Li J, Zheng X, Salvino P, Vincent P, Kratochvil Z, Ryu J, Khalaf A, Swift K, Akbari R, Islam W, Antwi P, Johnson E, Vitkovskiy P, Sampognaro J, Freedman I, Kundishora A, Depaulis A, David F, Crunelli V, Sanganahalli B, Herman P, Hyder F, Blumenfeld H. Decreased but diverse activity of cortical and thalamic neurons in consciousness-impairing rodent absence seizures. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 117. PMID: 36627270, PMCID: PMC9832004, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35535-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThalamic neuronsAbsence seizuresSeizure onsetNeuronal firingConsciousness-impairing seizuresFemale rat modelLow-frequency electroencephalographic activityFunctional magnetic resonanceBehavioral arrestRat modelRhythmic firingTransient initial peakFiring increasesSeizuresNeuronal mechanismsElectroencephalographic activityNeuronsBrain state changesBrief episodesFiring decreasesInitial peakFiringMagnetic resonanceDistinct patternsOnset