Effects of Postconditioning on Neurogenesis and Angiogenesis During the Recovery Phase After Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Whatever the hell postconditioning is.
Earlier research explanation of it here:

Ischemic postconditioning as a novel avenue to protect against brain injury after stroke

The new one here:

Effects of Postconditioning on Neurogenesis and Angiogenesis During the Recovery Phase After Focal Cerebral Ischemia

1. Elga Esposito, PhD,
2. Kazuhide Hayakawa, PhD,
3. Takakuni Maki, MD, PhD,
4. Ken Arai, PhD and
5. Eng H. Lo, PhD

+ Author Affiliations

1. From the Departments of Neurology and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

1. Correspondence to Eng H. Lo, PhD, or Elga Esposito, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, E Bldg 149, 13th St, Charlestown, MA 02129. E-mail lo@helix.mgh.harvard.edu or eesposito@partners.org

Abstract

Background and Purpose—Postconditioning may be a clinically feasible way to protect the brain after a stroke. However, its effects during the recovery phase post stroke remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we examine the hypothesis that ischemic postconditioning amplifies neurogenesis and angiogenesis during stroke recovery.

Methods—Male Sprague–Dawley rats were subjected to 100-minute transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) or postconditioning (100-minute middle cerebral artery occlusion plus 10-minute reperfusion plus 10-minute reocclusion). After 2 weeks, infarct volumes, behavioral outcomes, and immunohistochemical markers of neurogenesis and angiogenesis were quantified.

Results—Postconditioning significantly reduced infarction and improved neurological outcomes. Concomitantly, brains subjected to postconditioning showed an increase in doublecortin/BrdU and collagen-IV/Ki67-positive cells.

Conclusions—These results suggest that therapeutic effects of postconditioning may involve the promotion of neurogenesis and angiogenic remodeling during the recovery phase after focal cerebral ischemia.