Improvement of postischemic dopaminergic dysfunction by edaravone, a free radical scavenger

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-102

  Akiyama, Yoshinori ^a   Miwa, Soichi ^b  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopamine release; Edaravone; Transient forebrain ischemia

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORPHENAZONE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 34249026344     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.SC0060259     Document Type: Article

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