Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor protects against delayed neuronal death after transient forebrain ischemia in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 643-647

  Miyazaki, H ^a   Okuma, Y ^a   Fujii, Y ^b   Nagashima, K ^b   Nomura, Y ^a  

^a Grad Sch Pharmaceutical Sci   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cerebral ischemia; Hippocampus; Neuroprotection; Pyramidal cell; TUNEL staining

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032961944     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00592-2     Document Type: Article

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