The antioxidant EPC-K1 ameliorates brain injury by inhibiting lipid peroxidation in a rat model of transient focal cerebral ischaemia

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 489-493

  Kato, N ^a   Yanaka, Kiyoyuki ^a   Nagase, S ^a   Hirayama, A ^a   Nose, T ^a   Mathiesen, Tiit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral ischaemia; Hydroxyl radical; Lipid peroxidation; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID 2 [3,4 DIHYDRO 2,5,7,8 TETRAMETHYL 2 (4,8,12 TRIMETHYLTRIDECYL) 2H 1 BENZOPYRAN 6 YL HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE] POTASSIUM; FREE RADICAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0037897557     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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