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Bragin, D.

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bioRxiv2020

Photostimulation of lymphatic clearance of red blood cells from the mouse brain after intraventricular hemorrhage

Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is the most fatal form of brain injury, yet a therapy directed at ameliorating intraventricular clot is very limited. There is accumulating evidence that an augmentation of the meningeal lymphatic (MLVs) functions might be a promising therapeutic target for IVH. In particular, the photostimulation (PS) of MLVs could be promising for non-invasive therapy of IVH via PS of clearance of red blood cells (RBCs) from the brain via MLVs. Indeed, we uncover that PS has therapeutic effects on IVH in mice reducing the mortality, improving the emotional status, accelerating the RBCs evacuation from the ventricles and increasing the ICP recovery. Our findings strongly suggest that the PS-mediated stimulation of drainage and clearing functions of MLVs can be a novel bedside, readily applicable and commercially viable technologies for treatment of IVH. These pilot results open new horizons in a non-invasive therapy of IVH via PS stimulation of regenerative lymphatic mechanisms.

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bioRxiv2020

Phenomenon of music-induced opening of the blood-brain barrier in healthy mice

Music plays a more important role in our life than just being an entertainment. It is an even anti-anxiety therapy of human and animals. However, the unsafe listening of loud music triggers hearing loss in millions of young people and professional musicians (rock, jazz, and symphony orchestra) due to exposure to damaging levels of sound using personal audio devices or at noisy entertainment venues including nightclubs, discotheques, bars, and concerts. Therefore, it is important to understand how loud music affects us. In this pioneering study on healthy mice, we discover that loud rock music below the safety threshold causes opening of the blood-brain barrier (OBBB), which plays an important role in protecting the brain from viruses, bacteria and toxins. We clearly demonstrate that listening loud music during 2 hrs in an intermittent adaptive regime is accompanied by delayed (1h after music exposure) and short-lasting (during 1-4 hrs) OBBB to low and high molecular weight compounds without cochlear and brain impairments. We present the systemic and molecular mechanisms responsible for music-induced OBBB. Finally, a revision of our traditional knowledge about the BBB nature and the novel strategies in optimization of sound-mediated methods for brain drug delivery are discussed.

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bioRxiv2018

Loud music and the specific sound stress open the blood-brain barrier: new fundamental, biomedical, and social aspects

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) poses a significant challenge for drug brain delivery. The limitation of our knowledge about the nature of BBB explains the slow progress in the therapy of brain diseases and absence of methods for drug brain delivery in the clinical practice.\n\nHere we show that BBB opens for low/high weight molecules and nanocarriers after exposure of loud music/sound of 90 dB and 100 dB (regardless its frequency) as being easily produced by MP3/MP4 players, kitchen appliances, loudspeakers at concerts. The role of sound, sound-induced stress and molecular mechanisms behind is discussed in the framework of BBB opening as an informative platform for a novel fundamental knowledge about the nature of BBB and for the development of a non-invasive brain drug delivery technology.\n\nSocial aspects of music/sound-induced opening of BBB provide completely new information about noise and healthy life conditions that will stimulate new research in this field.

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