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ReviewNature reviews. Neurology2024

From spreading depolarization to blood-brain barrier dysfunction: navigating traumatic brain injury for novel diagnosis and therapy.

Gerben van Hameren, Refat Aboghazleh, Ellen Parker, Jens P Dreier, Daniela Kaufer, Alon Friedman

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Review in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Nanozyme-based therapeutic strategies for traumatic brain injury.International journal of pharmaceutics: X · 2026
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  3. Bioenergetics of the combat sports brain: Between risk and resilience.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
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  10. Ganoderic Acid a Promotes Functional Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury By Protecting Blood-brain Barrier Integrity and Modulating Microglial Polarization.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gerben van HamerenDepartment of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Brain Repair Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Refat AboghazlehDepartment of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Brain Repair Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4398-1609
Ellen ParkerDepartment of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Brain Repair Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Jens P DreierDepartment of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Daniela KauferDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3830-5999
Alon FriedmanDepartment of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Brain Repair Center, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. alon.friedman@dal.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Considerable strides in medical interventions during the acute phase of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have brought improved overall survival rates. However, following TBI, people often face ongoing, persistent and debilitating long-term complications. Here, we review the recent literature to propose possible mechanisms that lead from TBI to long-term complications, focusing particularly on the involvement of a compromised blood-brain barrier (BBB). We discuss evidence for the role of spreading depolarization as a key pathological mechanism associated with microvascular dysfunction and the transformation of astrocytes to an inflammatory phenotype. Finally, we summarize new predictive and diagnostic biomarkers and explore potential therapeutic targets for treating long-term complications of TBI.

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Blood-Brain BarrierBrain Injuries, TraumaticAnimalsCortical Spreading DepressionHumans

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