Estrogen-mediated neuroprotection after experimental stroke in male rats

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1666-1670

  Toung, Thomas J K ^a   Traystman, Richard J ^a   Hurn, Patricia D ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept Anesth and Critical Care Med ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Estrogen; Neuroprotection; Rats; Stroke; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CASTRATION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG IMPLANT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; STROKE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031904678     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.8.1666     Document Type: Article

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