Increased severity of cerebral ischemic injury in vascular endothelial growth factor-B-deficient mice

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1146-1152

  Sun, Yunjuan ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^a   Childs, Jocelyn T ^a   Xie, Lin ^a   Mao, Xiao Ou ^a   Greenberg, David A ^a  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Ischemia; Stroke; Vascular endothelial growth factor B

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN B;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR B;

EID: 4944253249     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000134477.38980.38     Document Type: Article

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