Different roles of astrocytes in the blood-brain barrier during the acute and recovery phases of stroke

Ischemic stroke, a frequently occurring form of stroke, is caused by obstruction of cerebral blood flow, which leads to ischemia, hypoxia, and necrosis of local brain tissue. After ischemic stroke, both astrocytes and the blood-brain barrier undergo morphological and functional transformations. Howe...

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