wisteria floribunda/infarction

In order to study structural alterations which occur after a defined unilateral cortical infarct, the hindlimb region of the rat cortex was photochemically lesioned. The infarcts caused edema restricted to the perilesional cortex which affected allocortical and isocortical areas differently.

The upregulation of extracellular matrix components, especially chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, after brain injury and stroke is known to accompany the glial reaction, forming repellent scars that hinder axonal growth and the reorganization of the injured neuronal networks. The extracellular