Inducible nitric oxide synthase and estradiol exhibit complementary neuroprotective roles after ischemic brain injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 782-787

  Brown, Candice M ^a   Dela Cruz, Christopher D ^c   Yang, Enhua ^c   Wise, Phyllis M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen; Inflammation; iNOS; Ischemia; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Nitric oxide synthase; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OVARIECTOMY; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 41149167594     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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