Overexpression of SOD1 in transgenic rats protects vulnerable neurons against ischemic damage after global cerebral ischemia and reperfusion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8292-8299

  Chan, Pak H ^a,b,c   Kawase, Makoto ^a,b   Murakami, Kensuke ^a   Chen, Sylvia F ^a,b   Li, Yibing ^a   Calagui, Bernard ^a,b   Reola, Liza ^a,b   Carlson, Elaine ^a   Epstein, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed neuronal degeneration; DNA fragmentation; Superoxide dismutase; Superoxide radicals; Transgenic rat; Transient global cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0032531916     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-20-08292.1998     Document Type: Article

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