Testosterone increases and estradiol decreases middle cerebral artery occlusion lesion size in male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 796, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 296-298

  Hawk, Toni ^a   Zhang, Y Q ^a   Rajakumar, Gopal ^a   Day, Arthur L ^a   Simpkins, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Estradiol; Male rat; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Stroke; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; STROKE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032527057     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00327-8     Document Type: Article

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