Investigation of the dose-dependent antivasospasmic effect of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1382-1386

  Kotil, Kadir ^a   Uyar, Resat ^a   Bilge, Turgay ^a   Ton, Tugrul ^a   Kucukhuseyin, Cihat ^b   Koldas, Macit ^a   Atay, Faruk ^b  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ginkgo biloba; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 55349096417     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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