Bacterial hydrogen peroxide contributes to cerebral hyperemia during early stages of experimental pneumococcal meningitis

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1792-1797

  Hoffmann, Olaf M ^a   Becker, Doreen ^a   Weber, Joerg R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Hydrogen peroxide; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VASODILATATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATALASE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPEREMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34248163885     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600474     Document Type: Article

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