Estrogen status affects sensitivity to focal cerebral ischemia in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 1 47-1, 2000, Pages

  Carswell, H V O ^a   Dominiczak, A F ^a   Macrae, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Middle cerebral artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METESTRUS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033956280     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.1.h290     Document Type: Article

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