No changes in expression of tight junction proteins or blood-brain barrier permeability in azoxymethane-induced experimental acute liver failure

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-207

  Bémeur, Chantal ^a   Chastre, Anne ^a   Desjardins, Paul ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; CELL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN WATER; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVASATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THERMOREGULATION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 77149172049     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.11.012     Document Type: Letter

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