Effects of hyperthermia on infarct volume in focal embolic model of cerebral ischemia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-132

  Noor, Raza ^a   Wang, Chen Xu ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyperthermic; Infarction; Middle cerebral artery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 0142121446     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00802-4     Document Type: Article

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