Vagus nerve stimulation reduces infarct size in rat focal cerebral ischemia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 459, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-151

  Ay, Ilknur ^a   Lu, Jie ^a   Ay, Hakan ^a   Gregory Sorensen, A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Electrical stimulation; Parasympathetic system; Rat; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEART RATE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 66049150811     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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