Ethanol plus caffeine (caffeinol) for treatment of ischemic stroke: Preclinical experience

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1246-1251

  Aronowski, Jaroslaw ^a   Strong, Roger ^b   Shirzadi, Ali ^b   Grotta, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caffeine; Cerebral ischemia, focal; Ethanol; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALTEPLASE; CAFFEINE; CAFFEINOL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; REFLEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0038222577     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000068170.80517.B3     Document Type: Article

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