Melatonin administration protects CA1 hippocampal neurons after transient forebrain ischemia in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 755, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 335-338

  Cho, Sunghee ^a   Joh, Tong H ^a   Baik, Hyung Hwan ^a   Dibinis, Christine ^a   Volpe, Bruce T ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

hippocampus; ischemia; melatonin; protection

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MELATONIN; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0031003546     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00188-1     Document Type: Article

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