CONCLUSION: IGF-1 takes part in the pathophysiological procedure of acute cerebral infarction.

Interleukin-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine with both proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects. It plays an important role in the pathophysiological processes of the acute cerebral infarction.

There exist four phases of pathology and CT manifestations of cerebral infarction: acute phase-CT negative;