Attenuation of acute stroke injury in rat brain by minocycline promotes blood¿brain barrier remodeling and alternative microglia/macrophage activation during recovery

Conclusions: Early minocycline treatment against reperfusion injury significantly promotes neurovascular remodeling during stroke recovery by reducing brain tissue loss, enhancing TJP expression in ischemic brains and facilitating neuroprotective phenotype alternative activation of microglia/macrophages.
Source: Journal of Neuroinflammation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research