Induction of cyclooxygenase-2 in the rat brain after a mild episode of focal ischemia without tissue inflammation or neural cell damage

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Planas, Anna M ^a   Soriano, Marc A ^a   Justicia, Carles ^a   Rodríguez Farré, Eduard ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

COX 2; Edema; Infarct; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rat; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENZYME INDUCTION; INFLAMMATION; ISOENZYMES; NEURONS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032692668     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00756-9     Document Type: Article

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