Biopterin in the acute phase of hypoxia-ischemia in a neonatal pig model

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Fujioka, Hiroki ^a   Shintaku, Haruo ^a   Nakanishi, Hidehiko ^a   Kim, Tae Jang ^b   Kusuda, Satoshi ^c   Yamano, Tsunekazu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Division of Pediatrics   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Hypothermia; Hypoxia ischemia; Neonatal; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HYPOTHERMIA; ISCHEMIA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESUSCITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPTERIN; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXYGEN; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUS SCROFA; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 37349060029     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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