Relationships between neurons expressing neuronal nitric oxide synthase, degree of microglia activation and animal survival. A study in the rat cortex after transient ischemia

Brain Research

Volumn 1132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 218-227

  Vannucchi, Maria Giuliana ^a   Bizzoco, Elisa ^a   Corsani, Letizia ^a   Gianfriddo, Marco ^b   Pedata, Felicita ^a   Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Siena Biotech SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Neurological evaluation; Penumbra area; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SURVIVAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TELENCEPHALON; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846299932     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.11.029     Document Type: Article

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