Protective effect of nilvadipine on focal cerebral ischemia in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Kawamura, Shingo ^a   Li, Yiping ^a   Shirasawa, Mitsuru ^a   Yasui, Nobuyuki ^a   Fukasawa, Hitoshi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ entry blocker; focal cerebral ischemia; middle cerebral artery occlusion; protective effect; spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

NILVADIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029986832     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.151     Document Type: Article

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