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Midori A. Yenari is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Neurology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Thermal Regulation in Medicine
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Heat shock proteins research

Midori A. Yenari has contributed to a number of recent papers, among them:

  • "Cerebral small vessel disease alters neurovascular unit regulation of microcirculation integrity involved in vascular cognitive impairment" (2022, Neurobiology of Disease)
  • "Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) Induction: Chaperonotherapy for Neuroprotection after Brain Injury" (2020, Cells)
  • "Most Promising Approaches to Improve Stroke Outcomes: The Stroke Treatment Academic Industry Roundtable XII Workshop" (2023, Stroke)
  • "Therapeutic hypothermia for stroke: Unique challenges at the bedside" (2022, Frontiers in Neurology)
  • "Vascular, inflammatory and metabolic risk factors in relation to dementia in Parkinson's disease patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus" (2020, Aging)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Qing Wang
  • Kunlin Jin
  • Rongfang Que
  • Qin Yang
  • Xiaobo Wei

The scientist's work is commonly published in the following venues:

  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Stroke
  • Cells
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Aging

Best Publications

  • The inflammatory response in stroke.

    Qing Wang;Xian Nan Tang;Xian Nan Tang;Midori A. Yenari

  • Adjusted-dose warfarin versus low-intensity, fixed-dose warfarin plus aspirin for high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: Stroke prevention in Atrial Fibrillation III Randomised Clinical Trial

    J. L. Blackshear;V. S. Baker;F. Rubino;R. Safford

  • Transplanted human fetal neural stem cells survive, migrate, and differentiate in ischemic rat cerebral cortex

    S. Kelly;T. M. Bliss;A. K. Shah;G. H. Sun

  • Neuroprotective mechanisms of hypothermia in brain ischaemia

    Midori A. Yenari;Hyung Soo Han

  • A role for TREM2 ligands in the phagocytosis of apoptotic neuronal cells by microglia.

    Christine L. Hsieh;Maya Koike;Steve C. Spusta;Erene C. Niemi

  • Correlation of perfusion- and diffusion-weighted MRI with NIHSS score in acute (<6.5 hour) ischemic stroke

    D. C. Tong;M. A. Yenari;G. W. Albers;M. O'Brien

  • Optimal Depth and Duration of Mild Hypothermia in a Focal Model of Transient Cerebral Ischemia: Effects on Neurologic Outcome, Infarct Size, Apoptosis, and Inflammation

    Carolina M. Maier;Kristine V.B. Ahern;Ming L. Cheng;Jong Eun Lee

  • Serial MRI After Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats Dynamics of Tissue Injury, Blood-Brain Barrier Damage, and Edema Formation

    T. Neumann-Haefelin;A. Kastrup;A. de Crespigny;M. A. Yenari

  • Microglia Potentiate Damage to Blood–Brain Barrier Constituents Improvement by Minocycline In Vivo and In Vitro

    Midori A. Yenari;Lijun Xu;Xian Nan Tang;Yanli Qiao

  • Gene therapy with HSP72 is neuroprotective in rat models of stroke and epilepsy.

    M. A. Yenari;S. L. Fink;Guo Hua Sun;L. K. Chang

  • Microglial activation in stroke: therapeutic targets.

    Midori A. Yenari;Tiina M. Kauppinen;Raymond A. Swanson

  • Post-ischemic inflammation: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications

    Zhen Zheng;Midori A. Yenari

  • Bcl-2 overexpression protects against neuron loss within the ischemic margin following experimental stroke and inhibits cytochrome c translocation and caspase-3 activity.

    Heng Zhao;Midori A. Yenari;Danye Cheng;Robert M. Sapolsky

  • Antiapoptotic and Anti-inflammatory Mechanisms of Heat-Shock Protein Protection

    Midori A. Yenari;Jialing Liu;Zhen Zheng;Zinaida S. Vexler

  • Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2) Deficiency Attenuates Phagocytic Activities of Microglia and Exacerbates Ischemic Damage in Experimental Stroke

    Masahito Kawabori;Rachid Kacimi;Tiina Kauppinen;Cyrus Calosing

  • The neuroprotective potential of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70)

    Midori A Yenari;Rona G Giffard;Robert M Sapolsky;Gary K Steinberg

  • Glucose and NADPH oxidase drive neuronal superoxide formation in stroke.

    Sang Won Suh;Byung Seop Shin;Hualong Ma;Michaël Van Hoecke

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of the 70 kDa heat shock protein in experimental stroke

    Zhen Zheng;Jong Youl Kim;Hualong Ma;Jong Eun Lee

  • Therapeutic Hypothermia for Acute Ischemic Stroke What Do Laboratory Studies Teach Us

    Derk W. Krieger;Midori A. Yenari

  • Mild hypothermia reduces apoptosis of mouse neurons in vitro early in the cascade.

    Lijun Xu;Midori A Yenari;Gary K Steinberg;Rona G Giffard

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary K. Steinberg
Gary K. Steinberg Stanford University
Robert M. Sapolsky
Robert M. Sapolsky Stanford University
Rona G. Giffard
Rona G. Giffard Stanford University
Heng Zhao
Heng Zhao Capital Medical University
Michael E. Moseley
Michael E. Moseley Stanford University
Gregory W. Albers
Gregory W. Albers Stanford University
Raymond A. Swanson
Raymond A. Swanson University of California, San Francisco
Michael J. Dunn
Michael J. Dunn Medical College of Wisconsin
Raymond A. Sobel
Raymond A. Sobel Stanford University
Kunlin Jin
Kunlin Jin University of North Texas Health Science Center

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