Endothelial-mediated dilations following severe controlled cortical impact injury in the rat middle cerebral artery

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 635-644

  Golding, Elke M ^a   Steenberg, Marie L ^a   Cherian, Leela ^a   Marrelli, Sean P ^a   Robertson, Claudia S ^a   Bryan Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Middle cerebral artery; Nitric oxide; Purinoceptors; Traumatic brain injury; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031685324     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1998.15.635     Document Type: Article

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