Neurogenic neuroprotection

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 651-663

  Golanov, Eugene V ^a,c   Zhou, Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar fastigial nucleus; Cerebral blood flow; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; ISCHEMIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STROKE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042317120     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025088516742     Document Type: Review

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