Repeated electroacupuncture preconditioning attenuates matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and activity after focal cerebral ischemia in rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 853-858

  Dong, Hui ^a   Fan, Yan Hong ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Wang, Qiang ^a   Yang, Qian Zi ^a   Xiong, Li Ze ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cerebral ischemic tolerance; Electroacupuncture preconditioning; Matrix metalloproteinase 9

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRECONDITIONING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; WATER CONTENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVANS BLUE; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249152522     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313209X393960     Document Type: Article

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