bFGF ameliorates focal ischemic injury by blood flow-independent mechanisms in eNOS mutant mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 41-3, 1997, Pages

  Huang, Zhihong ^a   Chen, Ke ^a   Huang, Paul L ^a   Finklestein, Seth P ^a   Moskowitz, Michael A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

basic fibroblast growth factor; endothelial nitric oxide synthase; infarction; middle cerebral artery occlusion; nitric oxide; regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030910650     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.3.h1401     Document Type: Article

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