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In Vitro Model of Physiological and Pathological Blood Flow with Application to Investigations of Vascular Cell Remodeling
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2015
This protocol replicates physiological or pathological blood flow in vitro to aid in determining cell response in disease pathologies. By introducing a pressure damping chamber downstream of a blood pump, blood flow across the vasculature can be recapitulated and imposed on a monolayer of vascular endothelium or a mimetic co-culture.
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The Arteriovenous (AV) Loop in a Small Animal Model to Study Angiogenesis and Vascularized Tissue Engineering
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2016
We describe a microsurgical approach for the generation of an arteriovenous (AV) loop as a model for analyzing vascularization in vivo in an isolated and well-characterized environment. This model is not only useful for the investigation of angiogenesis, but is also optimally suited for engineering axially vascularized and transplantable tissues.
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Symmetric Bihemispheric Postmortem Brain Cutting to Study Healthy and Pathological Brain Conditions in Humans
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2016
Organized brain cutting procedures are necessary to correlate specific neuropsychiatric phenomena with definitive neuropathologic diagnoses. Brain cuttings are performed differently based on various clinico-academic contingencies. This protocol describes a symmetric bihemispheric brain cutting procedure to investigate hemispheric differences in human brain pathologies and to maximize current and future biomolecular/neuroimaging techniques.
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Noninvasive Intratracheal Intubation to Study the Pathology and Physiology of Mouse Lung
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2013
The use of a model that mimics the condition of lung diseases in humans is critical for studying the pathophysiology and/or etiology of a particular disease and for developing therapeutic intervention. Here a noninvasive intratracheal intubation method that can directly deliver exogenous materials to mouse lungs is presented.
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Using Saccadometry with Deep Brain Stimulation to Study Normal and Pathological Brain Function
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2016
This paper describes the use of quantitative measurement of eye movements in conjunction with stimulation of focal areas of the deep brain in order to study physiology, pathophysiology, and the mechanisms of deep brain stimulation.
FAQs
Endothelial injury can connect several disease processes within one vascular lesion. It may be associated with inflammation, plaque formation, and thrombosis, each of which can alter the vessel environment and reduce or disrupt normal perfusion. Studying these linked changes helps explain how a local abnormality can progress to broader circulatory impairment and ischemic tissue damage.
Vascular pathology study distinguishes abnormalities by the way they compromise vessels. Plaque formation and thrombosis are linked to disrupted flow, whereas vessel wall weakening and abnormal dilation represent structural changes that can alter vessel integrity. This distinction matters because classification based on the dominant lesion helps clinicians interpret disease patterns such as atherosclerosis, aneurysms, or other vascular disorders.
The effect on tissue depends on how a vascular change modifies blood flow. A lesion may create reduced perfusion, disrupted circulation, or ischemic damage, while the underlying abnormality may be inflammatory, obstructive, or related to vessel-wall integrity. Linking microscopic or structural findings with functional consequences prevents the study from treating a vessel abnormality as an isolated anatomical observation.
An evaluation typically integrates clinical assessment, imaging, laboratory analysis, and microscopic examination. Clinical assessment provides patient-level context; imaging and laboratory analysis add complementary evidence; microscopic examination can characterize tissue or vessel changes. Bringing these sources together supports diagnosis and classification rather than relying on a single observation. The combined assessment can also inform risk evaluation and treatment decisions.
Diagnosis and classification depend on matching observed vascular changes to recognized disease categories. Findings can help distinguish patterns associated with atherosclerosis, vasculitis, aneurysms, and other vascular disorders, while also showing how those lesions affect circulation. This combination gives medical teams a basis for assessing risk and selecting treatment decisions that reflect the patient's vascular findings.
Beyond diagnosis, vascular pathology study contributes to research on therapies intended to protect vessel integrity and improve circulation. It supplies the disease context for examining changes such as inflammation, plaque formation, thrombosis, or vessel wall weakening alongside their effects on tissues. This medical perspective keeps therapeutic research focused on both the vascular lesion and the resulting disturbance in perfusion.