Inflammatory mediators of cerebral endothelium: A role in ischemic brain inflammation

Brain Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-126

  Stanimirovic, Danica ^a   Satoh, Kei ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; AUTACOID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; RAPAMYCIN; SELECTIN; TACROLIMUS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0033978764     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2000.tb00248.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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