Neuroprotective effect of postischemic administration of progesterone in spontaneously hypertensive rats with focal cerebral ischemia

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 848-852

  Kumon, Yoshiaki ^a   Kim, Soon C ^b   Tompkins, Paul ^b   Stevens, Alan ^b   Sakaki, Saburo ^b   Loftus, Christopher M ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischemia; Progesterone; Rat; Spontaneous hypertension

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0034016139     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.5.0848     Document Type: Article

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