Effects of treatment with nilvadipine on cerebral ischemia in rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 239-246

  Kawamura, Shingo ^a   Li, Yiping ^a   Shirasawa, Mitsuru ^a   Yasui, Nobuyuki ^a   Fukasawa, Hitoshi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive therapy; Ca2+ entry blocker; Focal cerebral ischemia; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NILVADIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; NIFEDIPINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032407859     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.185.239     Document Type: Article

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