Simvastatin reduced ischemic brain injury and perfusion deficits in an embolic model of stroke

Brain Research

Volumn 1042, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Shabanzadeh, Alireza P ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a   Wang, Chen Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embolization; Ischemic brain injury; Perfusion deficits; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE; SIMVASTATIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; STROKE;

EID: 17044380213     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.01.105     Document Type: Article

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