Cerebellar stimulation reduces inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and protects brain from ischemia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 43-6, 1998, Pages

  Galea, Elena ^a,c   Golanov, Eugene V ^a   Feinstein, Douglas L ^a   Kobylarz, Keith A ^a   Glickstein, Sara B ^a   Reis, Donald J ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Anesthesiology Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain endothelium; Brain macrophages; Brain microvessels; Cerebellum

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INDUCTION; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0031832025     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.6.h2035     Document Type: Article

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