Functional benefit from clomethiazole treatment after focal cerebral ischemia in a nonhuman primate species

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-129

  Marshall, J W B ^a   Cross, A J ^b   Ridley, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Astra Arcus   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Clomethiazole; Focal cerebral ischemia; Marmoset; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

CLOMETHIAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032999917     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6994     Document Type: Article

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