Keywords: Gray Matter, Neonatal, Hypoxic-ischemic brain damage; Multiparametric MRI; Melatonin; Neurovascular unit
Motivation: Melatonin can alleviate hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) in newborns, but its effect on neurovascular unit (NVU) destruction in HIBD rats needs further investigation.
Goal(s): Investigate the effect of melatonin on NVU after HIBD via HIBD rat model.
Approach: MRI techniques combined with histologic methods were performed to analyze the effects of melatonin therapy on NVU in HIBD rats.
Results: MRI showed abnormal hypointensity in the cerebral cortex of the injured side in the melatonin group, and the permeability surface-area product (PS) value decreased after melatonin treatment. Various histology revealed that NVU destruction on the injured side was alleviated in the melatonin group.
Impact: Multiparametric MRI techniques combined with various histology experiments revealed that melatonin would attenuate NVU injury after HIBD. Additionally, melatonin could decrease MMP-9 expression, increase tight junction proteins, and reduce neuron damage.
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