Preclinical Imaging Biomarkers for Postischaemic Neurovascular Remodelling

Table 1

Literature search strategy.

Initial search terminology	Synonyms and related terminology	Truncations and wildcards
ischaemic	ischaemia; low blood; low blood flow; low oxygen; hypoxia; stroke	isch?emia; ischaemi; ischemi; hypoxi
neuro	brain; cerebral; neurological	neuro; cerebro
vascular	vasogenic; blood vessels; arteries	vascular; arteri
remodelling	rearrangement; reorganisation	remodel?ing; remodel; reorgani?ation
imaging	scanning; observing; assessing; measuring; monitoring; detecting	imag; scan; observ; assess; measur; monitor; detect

The initial search terminology stemmed from the wording of the overall aim of the review. The inclusion of alternative terminology and truncation and wildcard operators helped to uncover a wider range of papers from the databases. Some searches were also conducted with the exclusion of “remodelling” to assess whether imaging methods could potentially be implemented for this purpose.