Acute administration of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) affords neuroprotection against permanent and transient focal cerebral ischemia in Sprague-Dawley rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 636-645

  Lee, E Jian ^a   Chen, Hung Yi ^b   Wu, Tian Shung ^b   Chen, Tsung Ying ^a   Ayoub, Issam A ^c   Maynard, Kenneth I ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EGb 761; Focal cerebral ischemia; Ginkgo biloba extract; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPERFUSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GINKGO BILOBA; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036605569     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10251     Document Type: Article

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