Diazoxide and dimethyl sulphoxide alleviate experimental cerebral hypoperfusion-induced white matter injury in the rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Farkas, Eszter ^a   Annaházi, Anita ^b   Institóris, Ádám ^b   Mihály, András ^a   Luiten, Paul G M ^c   Bari, Ferenc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cerebral hypoperfusion; Diazoxide; Dimethyl sulphoxide; Microglia; White matter

Indexed keywords

DIAZOXIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAZOXIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 16644398901     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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