Diazepam reduces brain lesion size in a photothrombotic model of focal ischemia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-78

  Aerden, L A M ^a   Kessels, F A G H ^b   Rutten, B P F ^c   Lodder, J ^b   Steinbusch, H W M ^c  

^a Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Focal ischemia; GABA; Neuroprotection; Photothrombosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043158505     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.05.083     Document Type: Article

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