The present invention provides a method for preventing blood-brain barrier reperfusion injury in a mammalian blood-brain barrier endothelial cell during reperfusion following ischemic stroke comprising administering an effective amount of a γ-glutamyl-D-cysteine antioxidant to the subject and a kit for doing the same.
Method and kit for administering γ-glutamyl-D-cysteine for the prevention of reperfusion injury following ischemic stroke