Effects of intracortical administration and neutralisation of vascular endothelial growth factor in the developing rat brain

International Journal of Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-53

  Argandoña, Enrike G ^a,b   Bengoetxea, Harkaitz ^a   Lafuente, Jose V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Erizantzarako Saila I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Critical period; EBA; Minipump; VEGF; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL BARRIER ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN NEUN; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 165; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LONG EVANS RAT; NEUROPIL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34548509190     PISSN: 17451183     EISSN: 17451191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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