Interleukin-6 prevents ischemia-induced learning disability and neuronal and synaptic loss in gerbils

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Matsuda, Seiji ^a   Wen, Tong Chun ^a   Morita, Fumio ^a   Otsuka, Hiroki ^a   Igase, Keiji ^a   Yoshimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakanaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Delayed neuronaI death; Gerbil; Interleukin 6; Passive avoidance task; Synapse

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030020083     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12340-5     Document Type: Article

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