Hepatocyte growth factor reduces the infarct volume after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-424

  Tsuzuki, N ^a   Miyazawa, T ^a   Matsumoto, K ^b   Nakamura, T ^b   Shima, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 protein; Cerebral ischemia; Hepatocyte growth factor

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DEATH; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0034967770     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164101101198659     Document Type: Article

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