Protective effect of exogenous administration of α-tocopherol in middle cerebral artery occlusion model of cerebral ischemia in rats

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 703-707

  Chaudhary, Geeta ^a   Sinha, Kusum ^a   Gupta, Y K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Antioxidants; Cerebral ischemia; Free radicals; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORAL HYDRATE; MALONALDEHYDE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; STAINING; STROKE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HAND STRENGTH; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST;

EID: 0344082745     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0767-3981.2003.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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