Doxorubicin, an RNA synthesis inhibitor, prevents vasoconstriction and inhibits aberrant expression of endothelin-1 in the cerebral vasospasm model of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-200

  Mostafa, Mohammed Gulam ^a   Mima, Tatsuo ^a   Taniguchi, Taketoshi ^a   Mori, Koreaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Doxorubicin; Endothelin 1; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RNA synthesis inhibitor; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034646809     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00940-X     Document Type: Article

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