Does neuroglobin protect neurons from ischemic insult? A quantitative investigation of neuroglobin expression following transient MCAo in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1085, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Hundahl, Christian ^a   Kelsen, Jesper ^a,b   Kjær, Katrine ^c   Rønn, Lars Christian Biilmann ^c   Weber, Roy Edwin ^a   Geuens, Eva ^d   Hay Schmidt, Anders ^e   Nyengaard, Jens Randel ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; MRI; RT PCR; Stereology

Indexed keywords

NEUROGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646591497     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.02.040     Document Type: Article

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