Unexpected morphological changes within hippocampal structures in a photochemical ring model of cerebral ischaemia

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-59

  Rafałowska, Janina ^a   Gadamski, Roman ^a   Dziewulska, Dorota ^a,b   Zielonka, Piotr ^c   Ogonowska, Wanda ^a   Łazarewicz, Jerzy W ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Fotochemical ring model; Hippocampal areas; MK 801

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SKULL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; LASER; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LASERS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 65649117389     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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