Ornithine Decarboxylase Activity in in Vivo and in Vitro Models of Cerebral Ischemia

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1851-1857

  Babu, G Nagesh ^a   Sailor, Kurt A ^b   Beck, Joseph ^b   Sun, Dandan ^b   Dempsey, Robert J ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS injury; Focal ischemia; LDH; Neuronal death; Polyamines; Putrescine

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; EVALUATION; FETUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; REOXYGENATION; REPERFUSION; SUTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344392782     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026123809033     Document Type: Article

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