1. Early effect of thrombolysis on structural brain network organisation after anterior-circulation stroke in the randomized WAKE-UP trial
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Eckhard Schlemm, Märit Jensen, Amy Kuceyeski, Keith Jamison, Thies Ingwersen, Carola Mayer, Alina Königsberg, Florent Boutitie, Martin Ebinger, Matthias Endres, Jochen B. Fiebach, Jens Fiehler, Ivana Galinovic, Robin Lemmens, Keith W. Muir, Norbert Nighoghossian, Salvador Pedraza, Josep Puig, Claus Z. Simonsen, Vincent Thijs, Anke Wouters, Christian Gerloff, Götz Thomalla, Bastian Cheng, Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf = University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf [Hamburg] (UKE), Weill Cornell Medicine [Cornell University], Cornell University [New York], University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin], Medical Park Berlin Humboldtmühle [Berlin, Germany] (MPBH), German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), German Research Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases - Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), University Hospitals Leuven [Leuven], Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven Center for Cancer Biology (VIB-KU-CCB), Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)-Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie [Ghent, Belgique] (VIB), University of Glasgow, Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre de Recherche en Acquisition et Traitement de l'Image pour la Santé (CREATIS), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta - Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), Girona Biomedical Research Institute [Girona, Spain] (IDIBGI), Aarhus University Hospital, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital [Melbourne], Austin Health, Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medicine [New York], Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and CarMeN, laboratoire
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[SDV.BA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology ,RECANALIZATION ,Neuroimaging ,CONNECTOME ,Brain Ischemia ,Fibrinolytic Agents ,CONNECTIVITY ,therapeutic use [Fibrinolytic Agents] ,diagnostic imaging [Stroke] ,ischemic stroke ,systemic thrombolysis ,Humans ,Thrombolytic Therapy ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,structural connectivity ,ACUTE ISCHEMIC-STROKE ,ddc:610 ,diagnostic imaging [Brain] ,adverse effects [Tissue Plasminogen Activator] ,Science & Technology ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,network neuroscience ,[SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging ,Neurosciences ,Brain ,ASSOCIATION ,methods [Thrombolytic Therapy] ,RECOVERY ,adverse effects [Fibrinolytic Agents] ,COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT ,REGIONS ,adverse effects [Thrombolytic Therapy] ,DYSFUNCTION ,drug therapy [Stroke] ,Stroke ,therapeutic use [Tissue Plasminogen Activator] ,Treatment Outcome ,Neurology ,TISSUE ,diagnostic imaging [Brain Ischemia] ,Tissue Plasminogen Activator ,drug therapy [Brain Ischemia] ,Neurosciences & Neurology ,Neurology (clinical) ,Anatomy ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Abstract
The symptoms of acute ischemic stroke can be attributed to disruption of the brain network architecture. Systemic thrombolysis is an effective treatment that preserves structural connectivity in the first days after the event. Its effect on the evolution of global network organisation is, however, not well understood. We present a secondary analysis of 269 patients from the randomized WAKE-UP trial, comparing 127 imaging-selected patients treated with alteplase with 142 controls who received placebo. We used indirect network mapping to quantify the impact of ischemic lesions on structural brain network organisation in terms of both global parameters of segregation and integration, and local disruption of individual connections. Network damage was estimated before randomization and again 22 to 36 h after administration of either alteplase or placebo. Evolution of structural network organisation was characterised by a loss in integration and gain in segregation, and this trajectory was attenuated by the administration of alteplase. Preserved brain network organization was associated with excellent functional outcome. Furthermore, the protective effect of alteplase was spatio-topologically nonuniform, concentrating on a subnetwork of high centrality supported in the salvageable white matter surrounding the ischemic cores. This interplay between the location of the lesion, the pathophysiology of the ischemic penumbra, and the spatial embedding of the brain network explains the observed potential of thrombolysis to attenuate topological network damage early after stroke. Our findings might, in the future, lead to new brain network-informed imaging biomarkers and improved prognostication in ischemic stroke. ispartof: HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING vol:43 issue:16 pages:5053-5065 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2022