Effective reduction of infarct volume by gap junction blockade in a rodent model of stroke

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 916-920

  Rawanduzy, Ahmed ^b   Hansen, Anker ^b   Hansen, Thomas W ^b   Nedergaard, Maiken ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anoxic depolarization; Astrocyte; Ischemia; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rat; Spreading depression

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUG VEHICLE; OCTANOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; STROKE;

EID: 0030669472     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.6.0916     Document Type: Article

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