Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 activity in experimental brain contusions aggravates injury outcome and leads to early increased neuronal and glial degeneration

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-34

  Sköld, Mattias K ^a,b   Risling, Mårten ^a,b   Holmin, Staffan ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Microtubuli associated protein 2; Neuron specific enolase; Rat; S100

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S100B; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GRANULOCYTE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INDOLES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROGLIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S100 PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 33644949372     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04527.x     Document Type: Article

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