Diazepam delays the death of hippocampal CA1 neurons following global ischemia

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-314

  Corbett, Dale ^a   Larsen, Jennifer ^a   Langdon, Kristopher D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

CA1; Cardiac arrest; Delayed neuronal death; Global ischemia; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; STAINING; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COUNT; DIAZEPAM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; STROKE;

EID: 56349142514     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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