Vascular endothelial growth factor protects cultured rat hippocampal neurons against hypoxic injury via an antiexcitotoxic, caspase-independent mechanism

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1170-1175

  Svensson, Birte ^a   Peters, Marion ^a   König, Hans Georg ^a   Poppe, Monika ^a   Levkau, Bodo ^a   Rothermundt, Matthias ^a   Arolt, Volker ^a   Kögel, Donat ^a   Prehn, Jochen H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caspases; Excitotoxicity; Hippocampal neurons; Hypoxia; N methyl D aspartate (NMDA); Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CASPASE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STAUROSPORINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0036790806     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wcb.0000037988.07114.98     Document Type: Article

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