Experimental therapy of a platelet-activating factor antagonist (ginkgolide B) on photochemically induced thrombotic cerebral ischaemia in tree shrews

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 824-825

  Li, Shuqing ^a   Meng, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Lineng ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischaemia; Ginkgolide; Penumbra; Photochemistry; Platelet activating factor; Tree shrews

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CALCIUM; DOPAMINE; GINKGOLIDE B; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIMATE; THROMBOSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DITERPENES; FEMALE; GINKGOLIDES; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; LACTONES; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0032832179     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03146.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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