Activin is a neuronal survival factor that is rapidly increased after transient cerebral ischemia and hypoxia in mice

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1161-1172

  Mukerji, Shibani S ^a   Katsman, Ekaterina A ^a   Wilber, Charles ^a   Haner, Noah A ^a   Selman, Warren R ^a   Hall, Alison K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Cortical neurons; Hydrogen peroxide; Hypoxia; Ischemic stroke; Middle cerebral artery intraluminal occlusion model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SMAD PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; REPERFUSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MICE; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34249320190     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600423     Document Type: Article

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