Agmatine attenuates brain edema through reducing the expression of aquaporin-1 after cerebral ischemia

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 943-949

  Kim, Jae Hwan ^a   Lee, Yong Woo ^a   Park, Kyung Ah ^a   Lee, Won Taek ^a   Lee, Jong Eun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Aquaporin; Blood?brain barrier disruption; Brain edema; Cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; AQUAPORIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICE; WATER;

EID: 77952011417     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.260     Document Type: Article

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