The protective effects of melatonin on global cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in gerbils

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 329-333

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Guo, Ji Dong ^a,b   Xing, Shu Hua ^a   Gu, Shu Ling ^a   Dai, Ti Jun ^c  

^a XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Jiangsu Institute of Anesthesiology   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury; Learning and working memory; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; The CA1 region of the hippocampus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MELATONIN; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0041381098     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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