Combination therapy with intranasal NGF and electroacupuncture enhanced cell proliferation and survival in rats after stroke

Neurological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 753-758

  Cheng, Songming ^a   Ma, Minmin ^a   Ma, Yuping ^a   Wang, Zhaolu ^a   Xu, Gelin ^a   Liu, Xinfeng ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Electroacupuncture; Intranasal administration; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION; STEM CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68849086910     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313209X382557     Document Type: Article

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