Estrogens may reduce mortality and ischemic damage caused by middle cerebral artery occlusion in the female rat

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 724-730

  Simpkins, James W ^a   Rajakumar, Gopal ^b   Zhang, Yu Qi ^b   Simpkins, Christopher E ^b   Greenwald, David ^b   Yu, Chun J ^b   Bodor, Nicholas ^b   Day, Arthur L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

17 estradiol; 17 estradiol; Estradiol chemical delivery system; Estrogen; Ischemia; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rat

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030700217     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.87.5.0724     Document Type: Article

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