Memantine prevents cardiomyocytes nuclear size reduction in the left ventricle of rats exposed to cold stress

Clinics

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 921-926

  Meneghini, Adriano ^a   Ferreira, Celso ^a,b   de Abreu, Luiz Carlos ^c   Valenti, Vitor E ^b   Ferreira, Marcelo ^a   Filho, Celso F ^a   Murad, Neif ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocytes; Cardiotonic agents; Cell nucleus structures; Heart; Memantine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEMANTINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR SIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS SIZE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MEMANTINE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349855078     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322009000900014     Document Type: Article

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