VEGF enhances angiogenesis and promotes blood-brain barrier leakage in the ischemic brain

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 829-838

  Zhang, Zheng Gang ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Jiang, Quan ^a   Zhang, Ruilan ^a   Davies, Kenneth ^b   Powers, Cecylia ^a   Van Bruggen, Nicholas ^c   Chopp, Michael ^a,d  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033797255     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI9369     Document Type: Article

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