Acute effect of methylprednisolone on the brain in a rat model of allergic asthma

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 440, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Chen, Shew Dan ^a   Wen, Zhi Hong ^b   Chang, Wen Kuei ^c   Chan, Kwok Hon ^c   Tsou, Ming Ta ^a   Sung, Chun Sung ^a,c   Tang, Gau Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Brain; Methylprednisolone; Ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLFACTORY BULB; OVALBUMIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 45449090943     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.092     Document Type: Article

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