Electrical stimulation of the dorsal periaqueductal gray decreases volume of the brain infarction independently of accompanying hypertension and cerebrovasodilation

Brain Research

Volumn 994, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-145

  Glickstein, Sara B ^a   Ilch, Christopher P ^b   Golanov, Eugene V ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Memory Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Focal ischemia; Neuroprotection; Periaqueductal gray; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0344430068     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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