INTRACEREBRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intracerebral mean? 

• INTRACEREBRAL (adjective)
  The adjective INTRACEREBRAL has 1 sense:

1. within the brain

  Familiarity information: INTRACEREBRAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRACEREBRAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Within the brain

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)

 Context examples 

Upon intracerebral administration, oncolytic HSV-1 G207 preferentially replicates within glioma cells, which may elicit tumor-specific systemic immune and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in addition to direct cytopathic effects.

(G207, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intracerebral injection, E. coli CD-expressing genetically modified NSCs express the E. coli cytosine deaminase, an enzyme that catalyzes the intracellular conversion of the nontoxic prodrug 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) into the cytotoxic 5-fluorouracil (5-FU).

(E. coli CD-expressing Genetically Modified Neural Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers showed the iron binding protein lactoferrin may protect the brain from intracerebral hemorrhagic strokes.

(Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes, National Institutes of Health)

By studying rodents, researchers showed that instead of attacking germs, some neutrophils may help heal the brain after an intracerebral hemorrhage, a form of stroke caused by ruptured blood vessels.

(Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes, National Institutes of Health)

Intracerebral hemorrhage is a damaging and often fatal form of stroke for which there are no effective medicines, said Jaroslaw Aronowski, M.D., Ph.D., professor, department of neurology, at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and senior author of the study.

(Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes, National Institutes of Health)